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    rĕgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. arg-, argami, to obtain; Gr. oregô reach after; cf. [p. 1552] Sanscr. rāgan; Goth. reiks, king; Germ. Reich and Recht], to keep straight or from going wrong, to lead straight; to guide, conduct, direct (freq. and class.; syn.: guberno, moderor).
    I.
    Lit.:

    deus est, qui regit et moderatur et movet id corpus, cui praepositus est,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26:

    manus una (navem) regit,

    Lucr. 4, 903:

    onera navium velis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

    arte ratem,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12; cf.

    clavum,

    Verg. A. 10, 218:

    te ventorum regat pater,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 3:

    vela,

    Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 24:

    coërcet et regit beluam,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

    equum,

    Liv. 35, 11:

    equos,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 556; id. Ib. 474; cf.

    quadrupedes,

    id. M. 2, 86:

    spumantia ora (equi),

    id. ib. 8, 34:

    frena,

    id. P. 4, 12, 24:

    equi impotentes regendi,

    Liv. 35, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 28; Curt. 4, 15, 28:

    currus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 4; Curt. 8, 14, 7: taurus ex grege, quem prope litora regebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 715 P.; Quint. 1, 1, 27:

    rege tela per auras,

    Verg. A. 9, 409:

    tela per viscera Caesaris,

    Luc. 7, 350; cf.:

    missum jaculum,

    Ov. M. 7, 684:

    sagittas nusquam,

    Luc. 7, 515:

    regens tenui vestigia filo,

    Cat. 64, 113; cf.:

    Daedalium iter lino duce,

    Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 8:

    caeca filo vestigia,

    Verg. A. 6, 30:

    diverso flamina tractu,

    Ov. M. 1, 59:

    gressus,

    Vulg. Judic. 16, 26.—
    B.
    In partic., jurid. t. t.:

    regere fines,

    to draw the boundaries, mark out the limits, Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55; id. Top. 10, 43; id. Mur. 9, 22; Tib. 1, 3, 44; cf. Dig. 10, 1, and Cod. Just. 3, 39 tit. Finium regundorum.—
    II.
    Trop., to guide, lead, conduct, manage, direct.
    A.
    In gen.:

    Deus qui omnem hunc mundum regit,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13:

    domum,

    id. ib. 1, 39, 61:

    rem consilio,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 13:

    belli fera munera Mavors regit,

    Lucr. 1, 33; cf.

    bella,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Sil. 7, 47:

    omnia nostra ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

    alicujus animum atque ingenium,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 90; cf.:

    animi motus (with moderari cupiditates),

    Cic. Part. Or. 22, 76:

    mores,

    Ov. M. 15, 834:

    animos dictis,

    Verg. A. 1, 153:

    animum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    ut me ipse regam,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 27:

    consilia senatus,

    Quint. 12, 1, 26:

    valetudines principis,

    Tac. A. 6, 50; cf.:

    valetudinem arbitratu suo,

    Suet. Tib. 68 al.:

    neque regerentur magis quam regerent casus,

    Sall. J. 1, 5; cf.:

    jam regi leges, non regere,

    Liv. 10, 13:

    utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 6:

    vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,

    Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 50; id. Claud. 9:

    Silvanum specie obsequii regebat,

    Tac. H. 3, 50:

    nemo regere potest, nisi qui et regi,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 15 fin.; Quint. 12, 10, 69.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To sway, control, rule, govern, have the supremacy over any thing:

    quare qui convenit polliceri operam suam rei publicae, cum rem publicam regere nesciant?

    Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; so,

    rem publicam,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 41;

    1, 27, 43: in iis civitatibus quae ab optimis reguntur,

    id. ib. 1, 34 fin.;

    2, 9, 15: illa civitas optimatium arbitrio regi dicitur,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

    Massilienses per delectos et principes cives summā justitiā reguntur,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    Frisios,

    Tac. A. 4, 72:

    populos imperio,

    Verg. A. 6, 851:

    imperiis Italiam,

    id. ib. 4, 230:

    legiones,

    Tac. A. 15, 7; cf.

    cohortes,

    id. H. 4, 12:

    exercitum,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 2; id. Pan. 9, 2:

    domum,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 4:

    diva, quae regis Antium,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 1:

    Diana, quae silentium regis,

    id. Epod. 5, 51.— Transf., of abstract objects:

    animi partes consilio,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    ut unius potestate regatur salus et aequabilitas et otium civium,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 43:

    rex ille (Tarquinius) neque suos mores regere poterat neque suorum libidines,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 46.— Absol.:

    Tiberio regente,

    Tac. A. 4, 33; 13, 3:

    stare rempublicam nisi uno regente non posse,

    Quint. 3, 8, 47:

    quo regente,

    Verg. Cul. 333; Just. 1, 9, 23:

    Clemens ambitioso imperio regebat,

    i. e. used his authority to court popular favor, Tac. H. 2, 12.—
    2.
    To guide into the right way one who has erred; to set right, correct: non multa peccas, sed si peccas, te regere possum, old poet ap. Cic. Mur. 29, 60 (with corrigere and inflectere):

    errantem regere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

    rogo, domine, consilio me regas, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 19 (30), 1; cf.: alicujus dubitationem, id. ib 10, 118 (119), 3.— Hence,
    I.
    P. a. as subst.: rĕgens, entis, m., a governor, prince, ruler, regent:

    contemptus regentium,

    Tac. A. 12, 54:

    in obsequium regentis,

    id. Or. 41: clementia regentis, Sen. Clem. 1, 22, 3:

    vita regentis,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 301:

    excogitare nemo quicquam poterit, quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 1; id. Ep. 59, 7:

    in vulgus manant exempla regentum (= -tium),

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 168.—
    II.
    rectus, a, um, P. a., led straight along, drawn in a straight line (horizontal or vertical), straight, upright, orthos.
    A.
    Lit., of horizontal direction:

    pars Remorum recta est (opp. refracta),

    Lucr. 4, 439:

    sed nil omnino rectā regione viaï declinare,

    id. 2, 249 Munro:

    rectā regione iter instituere,

    Liv. 21, 31:

    India, rectā regione spatiosa,

    Curt. 8, 9, 2; cf. id. 7, 9, 2:

    ad nostras aedes hic quidem habet rectam viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 26:

    via,

    id. Cas. 5, 2, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 79; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37; Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 80; Mart. 8, 75, 2; cf.

    platea,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 35; 43:

    porta,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60:

    ostium,

    id. Mil. 2, 3, 58:

    ostia viarum (opp. iter flexum),

    Lucr. 4, 93:

    cursus hinc in Africam,

    Liv. 26, 43:

    saxa quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23 fin.:

    recto flumine,

    Verg. A. 8, 57:

    recto ad Iberum itinere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 69; Liv. 22, 9:

    ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,

    Verg. A. 8, 209:

    recto grassetur limite miles,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 477:

    velut rectae acies concurrissent,

    in a straight line, line of battle, Liv. 34, 28; so,

    acies,

    id. 35, 28:

    qui (quincunx), in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est,

    Quint. 8, 3, 9:

    hic vos aliud nihil orat, nisi ut rectis oculis hanc urbem sibi intueri liceat,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

    adversus adparatus terribilium rectos oculos tenet,

    Sen. Const. 5, 5:

    rectis oculis gladios micantes videre,

    id. Ep. 76, 33; 104, 24:

    oculi,

    Suet. Aug. 16; cf.

    acies,

    Ov. M. 2, 776:

    lumen,

    Luc. 9, 638:

    vultus,

    Stat. Th. 10, 542.—Of vertical direction:

    ut hae (partes) rursum rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolent,

    in perpendicular lines, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:

    saxa,

    perpendicular, steep, Liv. 21, 36 (just before: pleraque Alpium arrectiora sunt); cf.:

    rectae prope rupes,

    id. 38, 20:

    truncus,

    Ov. M. 7, 640:

    ita jacere talum, ut rectus assistat: qui ita talus erit jactus ut cadet rectus,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 53:

    caput rectum et secundum naturam (opp. dejectum, supinum), in latus inclinatum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 69:

    homines,

    straight, erect, Cat. 10, 20; so,

    Quintia,

    id. 86, 1:

    puella,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 123:

    senectus,

    Juv. 3, 26:

    iterque Non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem,

    does not shape his course directly forward, Ov. M. 2, 715:

    vidit ut hostiles in rectum exire cohortes,

    Luc. 7, 327. — Comp.:

    crus Rectius,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 82:

    rectior coma,

    smoother, straighter, Sen. Ep. 95, 24:

    longā trabe rectior exstet,

    Ov. M. 3, 78:

    crura,

    Pall. 7, 7. — Sup.:

    rectissima linea,

    Quint. 3, 6, 83:

    via,

    id. 12, 2, 27. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting; opp. to what is false or improper: vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 16 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):

    ut rectā viā rem narret ordine omnem,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 28 (just before: aperte, ita ut res sese habet, narrato); cf. id. And. 2, 6, 11: De. Estne hoc, ut dico? Li. Rectam instas viam: Ea res est, you ' re on the right way, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 39: in rectam redire semitam, cf. id. Cas. 2, 3, 33:

    rectā viā depelli,

    Quint. 2, 7, 29; 10, 1, 29; cf. Sen. Ep. 94, 54; Quint. 2, 6, 2;

    so post-class.: de viā rectā declinare,

    Gell. 1, 3, 15: a rectā viā avertere, Aug. Civ Dei, 12, 17, 2: ad rectum iter retrahere, Hier. in Osee, 2, 8 sq.; id. in Mich. 3, 5:

    recta consilia dare,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    quae sint in artibus recta ac prava dijudicare,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195; cf.:

    quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130; Quint. 9, 3, 3:

    sermo rectus et secundum naturam enunciatus,

    id. 2, 5, 11; cf.:

    (oratio) recta an ordine permutato,

    id. 1, 13, 5; 9, 4, 27:

    per Marathonis propugnatores recto sono juravit (opp. flexus vocis),

    id. 11, 3, 168 Spald.; cf. id. 11, 3, 64:

    recto ac justo proelio dimicare,

    Liv. 35, 4 fin.:

    rectarum cenarum consuetudo,

    a regular, formal supper, Suet. Dom. 7; so,

    cena,

    Mart. 2, 69, 7; 7, 20, 2; also absol.:

    recta,

    Suet. Aug. 74; Mart. 8, 50, 10:

    domus recta est (with contenta decore simplici),

    Sen. Ep. 100, 6:

    nominibus rectis expendere nummos,

    i. e. on good securities, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: ut natura dedit, sic omnis recta figura, correct, beautiful, Prop. 2, 18, 25 (3, 11, 3):

    absque te esset, ego illum haberem rectum ad ingenium bonum,

    suitable, qualified, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8.— Subst.: rectum, i, n.:

    rectum est etiam in illis contentionibus gravitatem retinere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137:

    quid verum, quid falsum, quid rectum in oratione pravumve,

    id. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    aliter, quam est rectum verumque dicere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 89:

    cum sit rectum, Nocere facile est, etc.,

    id. 8, 5, 6;

    so (opp. durum et incomptum),

    id. 8, 6, 65; (opp. vitiosum) id. 1, 5, 29:

    mutare aliquid a recto,

    id. 2, 13, 11:

    recta et vera loquere,

    i. e. sincerely, openly, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7:

    qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia copiose tractaverit,

    Quint. 10, 5, 12:

    ea plerumque recta sunt,

    id. 9, 2, 5; cf. id. 9, 2, 45.— Comp.:

    rectior divisio,

    Quint. 7, 2, 39:

    si quid novisti rectius istis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 67; Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62.— Sup.:

    rectissima ratio,

    Quint. 2, 13, 3.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good (opp. pravus); as subst.: rectum, i, n., that which is right, good, virtuous; uprightness, rectitude, virtue (very freq.):

    honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile. Rectum est, quod cum virtute et officio fit,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 3: illud rectum, quod katorthôma dicebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 6, 15:

    nec quicquam nisi honestum et rectum ab altero postulare,

    id. Lael. 22, 82;

    so with honestum,

    id. ib. 21, 76; id. Fin. 1, 7, 25; id. Off. 1, 24, 82; id. Fam. 5, 19, 1 al.:

    (opp. pravum) neque id Putabit, pravum an rectum siet, quod petet,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 76; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 6; Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 33; id. Or. 14, 45; id. Lig. 9, 30; Quint. 1, 3, 12; 2, 4, 20 et saep.; cf.:

    recta consilia (opp. prava),

    Liv. 1, 27:

    in rectis (opp. in pravitatibus),

    Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

    curvo dignoscere rectum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 44:

    mens sibi conscia recti,

    Verg. A. 1, 604:

    fidem rectumque colebat,

    Ov. M. 1, 90:

    recta ingenia (opp. perversa),

    Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 3 et saep.:

    in omni vitā suā quemque a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem non oportet discedere,

    Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    natura,

    id. S. 1, 6, 66:

    ex consularibus, unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2:

    judex,

    Quint. 4, 1, 13; cf.

    auditor,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 6:

    vir rectus et sanctus,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 31, 1:

    beatus judicii rectus,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 6, 2.— Rectum est, with subjective-clause:

    rectum est gravitatem retinere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 38 fin.; so id. ib. 3, 11, 47; id. Mur. 2, 3; id. Att. 6, 9, 4.—
    b.
    In gram.: rectus casus, the nominative case (because not inflected;

    opp. obliqui casus),

    Varr. L. L. 1 sq.; Quint. 1, 4, 13; 1, 5, 61; Gell. 13, 12, 4 et saep.—Hence the adverbs,
    A.
    rectā,
    B.
    rectō,
    C.
    rectē.
    A.
    rectā (sc. viā). straightway, straightforwards, right on, directly (freq. and class.):

    hic ad me rectā habet rectam viam,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 11; id. Ps. 4, 7, 37:

    jam ad regem rectā me ducam,

    id. Am. 4, 3, 8; 5, 1, 63; id. Capt. 3, 5, 93; id. Cas. prol. 43; id. Mil. 2, 5, 50; id. Merc. 5, 2, 92; id. Ps. 4, 2, 11; id. Rud. 3, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 7:

    tu rus hinc ibis?... rectā,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 79; id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 62; 5, 6, 19:

    Marius ab subselliis in rostra rectā,

    Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80; id. Att. 5, 14, 2; 6, 8, 1; 16, 10, 1; id. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160; id. Cat. 1, 9, 23; Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; Auct. B. Afr. 18; 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 3; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121 al.: tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. —
    B.
    rectō, straightforwards, directly (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

    appellationes, quae recto ad principem factae sunt,

    Dig. 49, 1, 21; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13.—
    C. 1.
    Lit., in a straight line (horizontal or perpendicular), straightly, perpendicularly, uprightly, orthôs (very rare):

    vitem bene enodatam deligato recte, flexuosa uti ne siet,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 4:

    sive aliae (atomi) declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur... quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

    satyri, cum quadrupedes, tum recte currentes, humanā effigie,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24.—
    2.
    Trop., rightly, correctly, properly, duly, suitably, well, advantageously, accurately (very freq. in all periods and styles):

    recta et vera loquere, sed neque vere neque recte adhuc Fecisti umquam,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 7; cf. Cic. Lael. 2, 8:

    fecisti edepol et recte et bene,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 20: si facias recte [p. 1553] aut commode, id. Cas. 2, 3, 42;

    so with commode,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 100:

    recte et sapienter facit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 12:

    recte atque ordine factum,

    Cic. Quint. 7, 28:

    recte atque ordine facere,

    id. Phil. 3, 15, 38; Sall. C. 51, 4; Liv. 24, 31; 28, 39; 30, 17 et saep.;

    v. Brisson. Form. II. p. 197: recte ac merito miseriā commoveri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    recte atque in loco constare,

    id. Mur. 12, 26:

    recte factum,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 52:

    seu recte seu pervorse facta sunt,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 146:

    seu recte seu perperam facere,

    Cic. Quint. 8, 31; so (opp. perperam) Sall. J. 31, 27; Liv. 29, 17:

    recte dictum (opp. absurde),

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 4:

    recte concludere (opp. vitiose),

    Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

    recte factum (opp. turpiter),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80 et saep.:

    recte rationem tenes,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47:

    hercle quin tu recte dicis,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 74; id. Merc. 2, 3, 77; 5, 4, 47: recte auguraris de me, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, 1:

    non recte judicas de Catone,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 9; cf.:

    rectissime quidem judicas,

    id. Rep. 3, 32, 44:

    tum demum sciam Recta monuisse, si tu recte caveris,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 71 sq.:

    monere,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 96; id. Ps. 4, 4, 12; id. Pers. 4, 4, 53; id. Rud. 3, 5, 49; cf.:

    admonere recte,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 33:

    suis amicis recte res suas narrare,

    properly, openly, id. Poen. 5, 6, 2:

    hic (Epicurus) circumitione quādam deos tollens recte non dubitat divinationem tollere,

    consistently, logically, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 40:

    aliquem asservare recte, ne aufugiat,

    duly, carefully, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 11:

    alicui recte dare epistulam,

    correctly, id. Ps. 4, 2, 33:

    cum fuit cui recte ad te litteras darem,

    safely, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 7, 1; so,

    sed habebat ducem Gabinium, quicum quidvis rectissime facere posset,

    id. Phil. 2, 19, 49; cf.:

    alicui suam salutem recte committere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 6 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 74:

    si recte ambulaverit is, qui hanc epistulam tulit,

    goes as he ought, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 3: tabernaculum recte captum, i. e. in the prescribed manner (opp. vitio captum), id. Div. 2, 35, 75; Liv. 4, 7; cf.:

    ludi recte facti,

    id. 36, 2:

    ver sacrum non esse recte factum,

    id. 34, 44: procedere recte, well, rightly, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.): Pi. Recte valet? Ch. Vivit recte et valet, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 11, and 14:

    valere,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 53:

    apud matrem recte est,

    i. e. she is quite well, Cic. Att. 1, 7 init.; so,

    recte esse,

    id. ib. 14, 16, 4 (with belle); Hor. S. 2, 3, 162 Orell.; cf.: Tullia nostra recte valet... Praeterea rectissime sunt apud te omnia, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 1:

    recte sit oculis tuis,

    Gell. 13, 30, 11:

    olivetum recte putare,

    properly, advantageously, Cato, R. R. 44:

    solet illa recte sub manus succedere,

    well, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 2:

    recte cavere,

    to look out well, take good care, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 15; id. Ep. 2, 2, 107; id. Most. 3, 3, 23; id. Men. 2, 2, 72; cf.: recte sibi videre, to look out well for one ' s self, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 12 Ruhnk.:

    deos volo consilia vostra recte vortere,

    well, happily, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 31; so,

    vortere,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 41: recte vendere, well, i. e. dearly, at a high price (opp. male), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    alicui nec recte dicere, i. e. male, injuriose,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 11; id. Most. 1, 3, 83; id. Poen. 3, 1, 13; cf.:

    nec recte loqui alicui,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 83:

    nec recte dicere in aliquem,

    id. As. 1, 3, 3;

    and simply nec recte dicere,

    id. Ps. 4, 6, 23.— Comp.:

    ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

    hic tibi erit rectius,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 31:

    rectius bella gerere,

    Liv. 3, 2 fin.:

    non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum, rectius occupet Nomen beati, qui, etc.,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 46.— Sup., Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; v. supra. —
    b.
    With adjj., right, well, properly, very, much, to strengthen the idea (ante-class.): illasce oves, quā de re agitur, sanas recte esse, uti pecus ovillum, quod recte sanum est, etc., an ancient formula in Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6:

    locus recte ferax,

    Cato, R. R. 44:

    salvus sum recte,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 34:

    morata recte,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 62:

    oneratus recte,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

    non recte vinctus est,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 52.—
    c.
    Ellipt., esp. in answers, in colloquial lang., well, quite well, right, excellently: Thr. Primum aedis expugnabo. Gn. Recte. Thr. Virginem eripiam. Gn. Probe. Thr. Male mulcabo ipsam. Gn. Pulchre, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3: quid vos? quo pacto hic? satin recte? (sc. est, agitur, valetis, etc.), quite well? id. And. 4, 5, 9; cf.: Le. Satin' salve? dic mihi. Ca. Recte, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 54; and: De. Quid fit? quid agitur? Sy. Recte. De. Optime'st, Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 84.—
    B.
    So, in colloquial lang., freq. like benigne and the Gr. kalôs, or kallista echei, as a courteously evasive answer, all ' s well, it ' s all right, there ' s nothing the matter; or, in politely declining an offer, nothing is wanting, no I thank you: De. Unde incedis? quid festinas, gnate mi? Ch. Recte pater, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 33; cf.: So. Quid es tam tristis? Pa. Recte mater, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20; and: Ch. Quid tu istic? Syr. Recte equidem, id. Heaut. 3, 2, 7: Mi. Quid est? Aes. Nihil, recte, perge, id. Ad. 4, 5, 19:

    rogo numquid velit? Recte inquit,

    i. e. no, nothing, id. Eun. 2, 3, 51; so,

    in an exclamation: clamabit, pulchre! bene! recte!

    Hor. A. P. 4, 28.

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  • 22 specto

    specto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to look at, behold; to gaze at, watch, observe, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: adspicio, speculor, conspicor, contueor).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    speculum a speciendo, quod ibi se spectant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 6, §

    82 ib.: si vis videre ludos jucundissimos... amores tuos si vis spectare,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 81:

    spectare aliquid et visere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

    taceas, me spectes,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

    quid illas spectas?

    id. Rud. 3, 4, 54; id. Am. 1, 1, 268:

    ere, ne me spectes,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18:

    corpora,

    Lucr. 4, 1102:

    ingentes acervos,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 24:

    gaude quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

    cum modo me spectas oculis protervis,

    Ov. H. 16 (17), 77:

    spectari tergo,

    id. A. A. 3, 774:

    Zoroaster primus siderum motus diligentissime spectasse dicitur,

    Just. 1, 1, 9.—
    (β).
    With rel.clause:

    tacitus te sequor, Spectans quas tu res hoc ornatu geras,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 2:

    specta quam arcte dormiunt,

    id. Most. 3, 2, 144; cf.:

    saepe tui, specto, si sint in litore passus,

    Ov. H. 18 (19), 27.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    vise, specta tuo arbitratu,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 106: Am. Sosia, age me huc aspice. So. Specto, id. Am. 2, 2, 119:

    quam magis specto, minus placet mihi hominis facies,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 19:

    alte spectare,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

    populo spectante,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 60.—
    (δ).
    With ad, in, per, or adv. of place:

    spectare ad carceris oras,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 102:

    quaeso huc ad me specta,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 149; so, ad me, Afran. ap. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 16:

    ad dexteram,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 1:

    tota domus, quae spectat in nos solos,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58:

    ego limis specto Sic per flabellum clanculum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

    quoquo hic spectabit, eo tu spectato simul,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 69.—
    (ε).
    Impers. pass. with subj. or final clause:

    cum plausu congregari feros (pisces) ad cibum assuetudine, in quibusdam vivariis spectetur,

    Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193:

    spectandum ne quoi anulum det,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 33. —
    (ζ).
    With inf.:

    spectet currere Gangem,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 629:

    minaces ire per caelum faces specta,

    id. ib. 325.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look at or see (a play or an actor) as a spectator, to look on:

    fabulam,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 37:

    Megalesia,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 190:

    ludos,

    id. S. 2, 6, 48; 2, 8, 79; id. Ep. 2, 1, 203; Suet. Aug. 40; 53 al.:

    Circenses,

    id. ib. 45; id. Claud. 4:

    pugiles,

    id. Aug. 45:

    artifices saltationis,

    id. Tit. 7 al. —With inf.:

    spectavi ego pridem Comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 23:

    matronae tacitae spectent, tacitae rideant,

    id. Poen. prol. 32:

    jam hic deludetur (Amphitruo), spectatores, vobis spectantibus,

    id. Am. 3, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. prol. 151. —Hence, very often in inscrr. and tesseris: GLADIATORIIS SP., i. e. spectatus, of a gladiator who had stood the first public fight, Inscr. Orell. 2561 sq.; cf.: Morcelli delle tessere degli spettacoli Roma, Becker, Antiq. 4, p. 562.—
    2.
    Of localities, to look, face, lie, be situated towards any quarter (syn.: prospicio, vergo); constr. usu. with ad, in, inter, etc., or an adv. of place; less freq. with acc.:

    (hujus insulae) alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad meridiem spectat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; so,

    ad orientem solem,

    id. ib. 7, 69:

    ad fretum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 169:

    ager, qui in ventum Favonium spectet,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1:

    in urbem... in Etruriam,

    Liv. 5, 5;

    v. also infra: Aquitania spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones,

    is situated to the north - west, Caes. B. G. 1, 1 fin.: quare fit, ut introversus et ad te Spectent atque ferant vestigia se omnia prorsus, Lucil. ap. Non. 402, 7; cf.:

    ut ora eorum deorsum spectent,

    Col. 12, 16, 4:

    vestigia Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 75:

    quo (villae) spectent porticibus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 4: Creta altior est, quā spectat orientem, Sall. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 23 (H. 3, 58 Dietsch):

    Acarnania solem occidentem et mare Siculum spectat,

    Liv. 33, 17, 5:

    mediterranea regio est, orientem spectat,

    id. 25, 9, 10; 30, 25, 11:

    quae et Tanaim et Bactra spectant,

    Curt. 7, 7, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 15; Vell. 1, 11, 3:

    ab eo latere, quo (Gadis) Hispaniam spectat,

    Plin. 4, 21, 36, § 120; 6, 17, 20, § 53.— Transf., of nations:

    Belgae spectant in septentriones et orientem solem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 6:

    Masaesyli in regionem Hispaniae spectant,

    Liv. 28, 17.—
    3.
    To examine, try, test:

    (argentum) dare spectandum,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 35:

    ut fulvum spectatur in ignibus aurum, Tempore sic duro est inspicienda fides,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 25; cf.:

    qui pecuniā non movetur... hunc igni spectatum arbitrantur,

    as having stood the test of fire, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38; cf. spectatio, I. B., and spectator, I. B.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to look at, behold, see, regard, consider (very rare):

    specta rem modo!

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14:

    audaciam meretricum specta,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 24:

    importunitatem spectate aniculae,

    id. And. 1, 4, 4:

    suave, E terrā magnum alterius spectare laborem,

    Lucr. 2, 2: caeli signorum admirabilem ordinem spectat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 402, 17:

    ad te unum omnis mea spectat oratio,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look to a thing, as to an end or guide of action; hence, to have in view, bear in mind; to aim, strive, or endeavor after; to meditate; to tend, incline, refer, pertain, or have regard to a thing (freq. and class.;

    syn.: contendo, pertineo, tendo): juvenes magna spectare et ad ea rectis studiis debent contendere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    nec commune bonum poterant spectare,

    Lucr. 5, 958:

    rem, non hominem, spectari oportere,

    Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

    nihil spectat nisi fugam,

    Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1:

    Pompeius statuisse videtur, quid vos in judicando spectare oporteret,

    id. Mil. 6, 15:

    nos ea, quae sunt in usu vitāque communi, non ea quae finguntur aut optantur spectare debemus,

    id. Lael. 5, 18:

    ingenti consensu defectionem omnes spectare,

    Liv. 22, 22, 21:

    arma et bellum,

    id. 3, 69, 2:

    Romani, desperatā ope humanā, fata et deos spectabant,

    id. 5, 16, 8; Curt. 9, 7, 2; Just. 13, 1, 8:

    tota domus quae spectat in nos solos,

    relies on, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58:

    in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

    id. Or. 16, 51:

    mores,

    id. Off. 2, 20, 69; so (with sequi) id. de Or. 2, 50, 204:

    quem locum probandae virtutis tuae spectas?

    do you seek? Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

    noli spectare, quanti homo sit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

    me spectasse semper, ut tibi possem quam maxime esse conjunctus,

    id. Fam. 5, 8, 3:

    ad imperatorias laudes,

    id. Vatin. 10, 24:

    ad suam magis gloriam quam ad salutem rei publicae,

    id. Sest. 16, 37:

    ad vitulam,

    Verg. E. 3, 48:

    cum plebes Nolana de integro ad defectionem spectaret,

    Liv. 23, 16, 2; so id. 23, 6, 4:

    ab scelere ad aliud spectare mulier scelus,

    id. 1, 47, 1; 34, 56, 10.—Of subjects not personal:

    et prima et media verba spectare debent ad ultimum,

    Cic. Or. 59, 200:

    ad arma rem spectare,

    id. Fam. 14, 5, 1; cf.:

    rem ad seditionem spectare,

    Liv. 25, 3, 19:

    ad vim spectare res coepit,

    id. 1, 9, 6; cf.:

    si ad perniciem patriae res spectabit,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 90:

    aliquid anquirunt, quod spectet et valeat ad bene beateque vivendum,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 6:

    ea non tam ad religionem spectant, quam ad jus sepulcrorum,

    belong to, concern, id. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

    quoniam de eo genere beneficiorum dictum est, quae ad singulos spectant: deinceps de iis, quae ad universos pertinent, disputandum est,

    id. Off. 2, 21, 72; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 7: artem negabat esse ullam, nisi quae cognitis et in unum exitum spectantibus, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92:

    nostra consilia sempiternum tempus spectare debent,

    id. ib. 2, 40, 169:

    solvendi necessitas debitorem spectat,

    Dig. 2, 14, 42:

    res eo spectat, ut eā poenā non videamini esse contenti,

    Cic. Lig. 5, 13:

    hoc eo spectabat, ut eam (Pythiam) a Philippo corruptam diceret,

    id. de Div. 2, 57, 118: summa judicii mei spectat huc, ut meorum injurias ferre possim, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 46:

    quo igitur haec spectat oratio?

    Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; cf. id. Phil. 13, 20, 46:

    quorsum haec omnis spectat oratio?

    id. ib. 7, 9, 26 et saep.:

    quia quicquid ad corpus spectat, et immortalitatis est expers, vanum sit,

    Lact. 3, 12, 33.—
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To judge of; to try, test (syn. probo):

    nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat, sed ex artificio comico aestimabat,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:

    alicujus animum ex animo suo,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 22:

    non igitur ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, sed ex perpetuitate atque constantiā,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 31:

    ex meo otium tuum specto,

    id. Att. 12, 39:

    quod ego non tam fastidiose in nobis quam in histrionibus spectari puto,

    id. de Or. 1, 61, 258:

    ubi facillime spectatur mulier, quae ingenio'st bono?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 59; cf.:

    hominem in dubiis periclis,

    Lucr. 3, 55:

    beneficium a deteriore parte,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 28, 2.—Hence, spectātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 2.).
    A.
    Tried, tested, proved (syn.: probatus, cognitus): tuam probatam et spectatam maxime adulescentiam, Lucil. ap. Non. 437, 14:

    homines spectati et probati,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 124:

    fides spectata et diu cognita,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11; Ov. P. 2, 7, 82:

    pietas spectata per ignes,

    id. F. 4, 37:

    integritas,

    Liv. 26, 49, 16; cf.:

    homo in rebus judicandis spectatus et cognitus,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 29:

    spectata ac nobilitata virtus,

    id. Fl. 26, 63:

    spectata multis magnisque rebus singularis integritas,

    id. Phil. 3, 10, 26:

    rebus spectata juventus,

    Verg. A. 8, 151:

    utebatur medico ignobili, sed spectato homine, Cleophanto,

    id. Clu. 16, 47:

    mores,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 4:

    ni virtus fidesque vestra spectata mihi forent,

    Sall. C. 20, 2.— Sup.:

    id cuique spectatissimum sit, quod occurrerit, etc.,

    let that be the best test of each, Liv. 1, 57, 7.—With subject-clause:

    mihi satis spectatum est, Pompeium malle principem volentibus vobis esse quam, etc.,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 23 Dietsch.—
    B.
    In gen., looked up to, respected, esteemed, worthy, excellent:

    fecere tale ante alii spectati viri,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 47:

    in perfecto et spectato viro,

    Cic. Lael. 2, 9:

    homines,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24:

    castitas,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10.— Comp.:

    quo non spectatior alter,

    Sil. 1, 440.— Sup.:

    auctoritas clarissimi et spectatissimi viri atque in primis probati,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

    spectatissima femina,

    id. Rosc. Am. 50, 147.—Of things (Plinian):

    paeninsula spectatior (with flumen clarum),

    Plin. 4, 18, 32, § 107:

    spectatius artificium,

    id. 11, 1, 1, § 1:

    spectatissima laurus,

    id. 15, 30, 40, § 134.— Hence, adv.: spectātē, splendidly, excellently:

    spectatissime florere,

    Plin. 21, 1, 1, § 2:

    spectatissime ministrere,

    Amm. 28, 3, 9.

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  • 23 cura

    cūra, ae, f. (arch. coira aus *coisa; vgl. pälign. coisatens »curaverunt«), das Sichangelegenseinlassen = die Sorge, I) = επιμέλεια, die Sorge, Fürsorge, 1) im allg., die angelegentliche Bemühung, das angelegentliche Bestreben, die Sorgfalt, das Interesse, die Teilnahme, die Beachtung, Rücksichtnahme, die Aufmerksamkeit, das Augenmerk, die Achtsamkeit (Ggstz. neglegentia; oft verb. cura et diligentia, cura ac diligentia, cura diligentiaque, tutela atque cura, opera curaque, cura atque opera, studium curaque, cura et cogitatio, cogitatio curaque, cura et od. ac labor), cura acris, Quint., acris cura diligentiaque, Cic.: intenta (intentior, intentissima), Liv.: magna (maior, maxima), Quint.: non mediocris, Planc. in Cic. ep.: minor, Quint.: nimia, Quint.: c. publica (die S. für das allgemeine Wohl), Ggstz. c. privata, Liv. – cum cura, zB. saucios reficere, Liv.: omnes milites sepelire, Curt.: omnia speculari, Liv.: so auch cum magna cura, zB. parare omnia, Sall.: magna cum cura atque diligentia, zB. scribere alqd, Cic.: cum maxima cura, zB. ultum ire iniurias, Sall.: summa cum cura, zB. exsequi alqd, Liv.: non sine cura, zB. rem administrant, Sall.: finis vitae extraneis non sine cura fuit, fand Teilnahme bei den Ausw., Tac. – u. sine cura deûm evenire (sich ereignen), Tac. (vgl. Heraei stud. crit. p. 73). – u. bl. magnā curā, zB. alere equum, Suet.: ea non maiore curā praecepta ab ducibus sunt quam ab militibus observata, Liv. - m. obj. Genet., agrorum nimia c. (allzu großes Interesse am Landbau) et sollicitior rei familiaris diligentia, Quint.: c. sui, für sich, für die Selbsterhaltung, Sen.: cura rei publicae, Interesse am St., Cic. u. Sall.: legum, Beachtung, Beobachtung der G., Quint.: c. rerum, verborum, sorgfältige Wahl, Quint.: c. bonarum rerum, c. humanarum rerum, Interesse, Teilnahme an usw., Sall.: rerum alienarum cura (zB. difficilis est), Cic.: assidua et perpetua c. salutis tuae, Cic. – cura habendi, Habsucht (πλεονεξία), Phaedr.: cura diversa sciscitandi, Tac.: cura colendi, S. in der Pflege, sorgfältige Pflege (des Gartens), Verg.: singularis cura (Schonung) frugum, agrorum, hominum, urbium, Vell. – m. de (in betreff) u. Abl., studium tuum curaque de salute mea nullā me novā voluptate affecit, Brut. in Cic. ep.: gratissima est mihi tua cura de illo meo primo et maximo mandato, Cic. – m. pro u. Abl., divina pro nobis cura, Augustin. conf. 7, 19 in. (vgl. unten curam agere pro etc. u. est cura pro etc.). – m. Verben, abicere curam (Interesse an) rei publicae, Cic., od. omnem suam curam de re publica, Cic. – adhibere curam in capris et ovibus parandis (Ggstz. neglegentem esse in amicis eligendis), Cic.: adhibere magnam curam diligentiamque in valetudine sua tuenda, Nep.: de sacerdotio tuo quantum curam ad-hibuerim, cognosce ex iis litteris, quas etc., Cic.: non mediocris adhibenda mihi est cura, ut etc., Planc. in Cic. ep. – agere curam alcis rei od. alcis u. de alqa re od. de alqo od. pro alqo, für etw. od. jmd. Sorge od. Fürsorge tragen, an etw, od. jmd. Interesse nehmen, sich um etw. od. jmd. bekümmern, sich etw. angelegen sein lassen (s. Burm. u. Ruhnk. Ov. her. 12, 302), zB. curam corporis diligentissime, Sen.: curam libertatis, Sall.: curam humanarum rerum (v. den Göttern), Plin. u. Quint.: curam sui, Sen.: curam civium, Liv.: curam pro nobis hospitis, uxor, agas, Ov.: curam de Samnitibus, non de se, Liv. – avocare curam alcis, die Aufm. jmds. abziehen, jmd. zerstreuen, Col. – capit alcis animum cura sacrorum et caerimoniarum, Liv. – conferre magnam curam in alcis salutem diligentiamque, Cic.: conferre omnem suam curam atque operam ad philosophiam, Cic. – cosumere in alcis salute omnem suum laborem, omnem operam, curam, studium, Cic.: istorum in dialecticis omnis cura consumitur, Cic. – defungi (loswerden) eā curā, Liv. – desiderare (erfordern) acrem curam diligentiamque, Cic. – curam hanc dimittere, Ov.: non dimittere istam curam, Cic.: dimittere omnem curam suorum, sich um die Seinigen gar nicht weiter bekümmern, Suet. – distendere alcis curam, jmds. Sorgfalt nach allen Seiten in Anspruch nehmen, jmd. gehörig beschäftigen, Col. 8, 2, 7 u. 12, 46, 1 (versch. von curas distendere, s. no. II, 1). – est cura alcis, m. pro u. Abl., publica cura est pro moenibus istis, Ov.: m. ut u. Konj., medici cura esse debet, ut etc., Cels.: m. ne u. Konj., haec mea cura est, ne quid tu perdas, Hor.: una erat cura, ne inultus occĭderet, nur darauf war sein Augenmerk gerichtet, daß er nicht usw., Curt. – est alqs cura alci od. alcis, cura pii dis sunt (Riese cura deûm di sunt) et qui coluere, coluntur, Ov. met. 8, 724 (715). – est alci cura alcis rei od. alcis, es trägt jmd. Sorge für etw. od. einen, nimmt Interesse an etw., richtet sein Augenmerk auf etw., bekümmert sich um etw. od. jmb., zB. Romanis interim arcis Tarentinae praesidiique, quod ibi obsideretur, cura est, Liv.: quodsi hominibus bonarun rerum tanta cura esset, quanto studio aliena petunt, Sall.: artium ingenuarum tibi maxima cura est, Ov.: cura tibi non est hospitis ulla tui, Ov. – cura est od. alci cura est m. folg. Infin., cura comere capillum fuit, Sen.: cura finitimos vincere maior erat, Ov.: praeverti ad Armenios instantior cura fuit, Tac.: ingens cura est mis cordibus aequiperare, Enn. fr.: nulli cura fuit externos quaerere divos, Prop.: nec sit mihi cura mederi, Verg. – alci cura est m. folg. ne u. Konj., haec mea cura est, ne quid tu perdas neu sis iocus, Hor.: inter quae maxima erat cura duci (war das Hauptaugenmerk des F. darauf gerichtet), ne qua exprobratio cuiquam veteris fortunae discordiam inter ordines sereret, Liv.: u. cura est alcis m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, neque senatus in eo cura, an imperii extrema dehonestarentur,Tac. ann. 4, 74. – est alqd intentioris curae, zB. custodiae vigiliaeque et ordo stationum intentioris curae erant, Liv. – est alci alqd od. alqs curae od. est alci curae de alqa re, es ist jmdm. eine Sache od. Pers. zur Sorge, d.i. ein Gegenstand der Sorge, Fürsorge, es läßt sich jmd. eine Sache od. Pers. zur Sorge sein, angelegen sein, zB. tibi erit eidem, cui salus mea fuit, etiam dignitas curae, Cic.: Caesar pollicitus est sibi eam rem curae futuram, Caes.: propinqui, quibus est puella curae, Catull.: rati sese dis immortalibus curae esse, Sall.: ergo illi curae contigit esse tuae, Ov.: de ceteris senatui curae fore, Sall.: de Tirone mihi curae est, Cic. ep.: mihi magnae curae tua vita et dignitas est, Anton. in Cic. ep.: salutem eius regis senatui populoque Romano magnae curae esse, Cic.: ei permagnum et perhonorificum videbatur senatui populoque Romano tantae curae esse salutem suam, Cic.: non enim tibi ea res maiori curae aut est aut erit quam mihi, Cic.: ceterum magis vis morbi ingravescens curae erat terroresque ac prodigia, Liv. 4, 21, 5: ceterum eo tempore minus ea bella quae gerebantur curae patribus erant, quam exspectatio nondum coepti cum Antiocho belli, Liv. 35, 23, 1: in eorum periculis non secus absentes quam praesentes amicos Attico esse curae, Nep. Att. 12, 5: so auch alci curae est m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., zB. velim tibi curae sit, ut aliquid istinc bestiarum habeamus, Cael. in Cic. ep.: magis curae est magisque adformido, ne is pereat aut corrumpatur, Plaut.: in primis tibi curae sit, ne mihi tempus prorogetur, Cic.: patribus aeque curae fuisse, ne qua iniuria in eos oreretur, Liv.: alci curae est m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, zB. quo magis quae agas curae sunt mihi, Ter.: omnibus civitatibus Graeciae et Asiae curae erat, quid Eumenes in senatu egisset, Liv.: mihi maiori curae est, quemadmodum vobis gratiam referam, quam etc., Cic.: mihi non minori curae est, qualis res publica post mortem meam futura sit, quam qualis hodie sit, Cic.: quin id erat curae, quo pacto cuncta tenerem, Hor.: nisi sane curae sit (von Interesse für mich ist), quorsum eventurum hoc siet, Ter. – alci curae est m. Infin., zB. erit mihi curae explorare provinciae voluntatem, Traian. in Plin. ep.: magnae veteribus curae fuit gratiam dicendi et paribus et contrariis acquirere, Quint.: eligere modo curae sit (nur sei man in der Auswahl vorsichtig), Quint. – u. alci curae est m. Acc. u. Infin., tibi curae est sentire cives tuos, quanto per te onere leventur, Liv. 30, 31, 3. – plus exigere (erfordern) laboris et curae, Quint. – habere curam alcis rei od. alcis, für etw. Sorge tragen, auf etw. Sorgfalt verwenden, an etw. od. jmd. Interesse nehmen, sich um jmd. od. etw. bekümmern, sich etw. angelegen sein lassen, zB. libertatis, Sall.: rerum divinarum. Liv.: in primis pacis tuendae, Suet.: serendi (arborem turis), Plin.: Ausoniae gentis, v. den Göttern, Ov.: delectus multo intentiorem quam alias curam habebat, Liv. – so auch habere curam de od. in alqa re, zB. de vita communi omnium curam publicaeque rei constitutione habere, Vitr. 1. praef. § 2: in ea (re publicā) cognoscenda multam magnamque curam habui, Ps. Sall. de rep. 2, 1, 3. – u. habere alqm od. alqd curae od. sibi curae, zB. petitionem alcis c. h., Sall.: nec aliter universos quam membra partesque imperii c. h., Suet.: me ut id mihi habeam curae rogas, Varro: eos tibi et rem, de qua misi, velim curae habeas, Cael. in Cic. ep.: u. so curae sibi habere m. Infin., zB. ut ille ex ultimis terris, quid ageret, curae sibi haberet certiorem facere Atticum, Nep. Att. 20, 4: curae habere m. folg. ut u. Konj., habebo itaque curae, ut te meliorem tibi reddam quam accepi, Sen. de ben. 1, 8, 2: curae habere m. folg. Relativsatz, sapienter habeatis curae, quae imperavi atque impero, Plaut. Men. 991: u. absol. curas habere, alle mögliche Sorgfalt anwenden, nichts vernachlässigen, Iustin. 43, 4, 11. – impendere curam alci rei, zB. rei domesticae, Phaedr.: u. so acrem quam maxime curam spei futuri oratoris, Quint. – incumbere onmi cogitatione curāque in rem publicam, Cic.: dagegen incumbe in eam curam od. totā mente incumbe in hanc curam, laß das deine angelegentliche Sorge sein, Cic. – at mihi cura non mediocris inest, fontes ut adire remotos queam, Hor. sat. 2, 4, 93 sq. – intendere curam alcis, jmds. Aufmerksamkeit spannen, zB. gens bellicosa... curam regis intenderat, ließ den K. auf seiner Hut sein, Curt.; dagegen curam intendere in alqd, die Aufmerksamkeit, sein Augenmerk auf etw. richten, zB. in quem omnes intenderat curas, Curt.: dum omnium cura in Veiens bellum intenta est, Liv.: u. m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, non intenta cuiusquam cura, quae firmitudo (coriorum), quae mensura, ohne daß jemand genau darauf geachtet hätte, Tac. – ne Syphacis quidem reconciliandi curam ex animo mittere, den Gedanken nicht aufgeben, Liv. – ponere curam et aegritudinem, Cic.: ponere curam alcis rei, die S. für etw. beiseite lassen, sich nicht weiter um etw. bekümmern, zB. positis omnium aliarum rerum curis, mit Hintansetzung aller andern Geschäfte, Liv. – aber ponere curam in alqa re, Sorgfalt, Aufmerksamkeit richten, verwenden, zB. omnem curam in siderum cognitione, Cic.: omnis mihi cura et opera posita est in hominum periculis defendendis, Cic. – postulare (erfordern) minorem curam, Quint. – remittere curam diligentiamque, nachlassen in usw., Caes.: omnem curam belli remittere, Liv.: omnes curas referre ad alqm et in eo consumere, Cic. – stimulare curam, zB. ne fames quidem, quae mutas accenderet bestias, curam stimulare posset, Liv. – suscipere curam, es sich eine Sorge sein lassen, darauf sein Augenmerk richten, m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj. od. folg. indir. Fragesatz, zB. suscipe curam et cogitationem dignissimam tuae virtutis, ut Caesarem et Pompeium perfidiā hominum distractos in pristinam concordiam reducas, Balb. in Cic. ep.: quod magnam curam suscipiebat (weil er sich wohl hütete), ne quo temere progrederetur, Auct. b. Alex.: hanc quoque suscipe curam, quemadmodum experiamur, Cic. – sustinere maximam curam belli, die schweren u. sorgenvollen Kriegslasten zu tragen haben, Cic. – omni mente in ea cogitatione curaque versari, ut etc., Cic.: omnis cura mea solet in hoc versari semper, si possim, ut boni efficiam aliquid dicendo, Cic.: vincere omnes curā, vigilantiā, patientiā, Nep. – So nun insbes.: α) das Interesse für etw. Neues, die Neugierde, cura ingenii humani, die dem Menschen angeborene Neugierde, Liv. 21, 22, 7 (u. dazu Fabri): inerat cura insita mortalibus videndi congredientes nobilem regem et... legatos, Liv. 42, 39, 3. – β) das wissenschaftliche Streben, das Studium, die Forschung, cura et meditatio (Nachdenken), Tac. dial. 16; vgl. Tac. Agr. 10. – Plur., sapientis animus cum his habitans pernoctansque curis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 69. – dah. meton. = die ausstudierte Schrift, die Ausarbeitung, Arbeit, c. recens, Ov., nova et recens, Tac.: ii, quorum in manus cura nostra venerit, Tac.: essent et iuvenes, quorum inedita cura est, Ov.; dimissā priore curā novae cogitationi toto pectore incumbam, Tac.: Plur.: condere victuras temptem per saecula curas, Mart. 1, 107, 5.

    2) die Fürsorge = die Besorgung, Behandlung, Abwartung, Wartung, Pflege, Aufsicht, a) die landwirtsch. Pflege, Zucht, Pelusiacae lentis, Verg. georg. 1, 228: quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo sit pecori, Verg. georg. 1, 3. – b) die physiche Pflege des Körpers, bes. auch die verschönernde, das Ordnen, Schmücken, der Putz, wie θεραπεία (s. Broukh. Prop. 2, 12 [14], 28. Gronov Obss. 1, 23 p. 98 Fr.), m. subj. Genet., cura mulierum, Phaedr. – m. obj. Genet., c. corporis, Quint.: formae, Sen.: comae, Prop.: capillorum, Suet.: cura cultusque feminarum, Liv. – c) die Krankenpflege, α) des Wärters usw., die Pflege, saucios sustentare curā, Tac. ann. 4, 63. – β) des Arztes, die Behandlung, Heilung, Kur (griech. θεραπεία) c. morbi, Iustin.: c. aquae, quae inter cutem est, Cels.: si quid cura levarit, Cels.: cum omnem curam fata vincerent, Vell.: Plur., curae aegrescentium, Macr. sat. 7, 4, 6. – übtr., relinquebatur simplex illa iam cura doloris tui, Cic. ep. 5, 16, 5: illa fuit lacrimis ultima cura meis (v. Schlafe), Prop. 1, 3, 46. – d) die Besorgung einer Leiche (griech. κήδευσις), quibus ea (mater) funeris sui curam demandarat, Suet. Tib. 51, 2; vgl. Tac. hist. 5, 5. – e) die Besorgung der Götter, cura deorum, der Gottesdienst (griech. θεραπεία θεῶν), Liv. 6, 41, 9. Iustin. 41, 3, 6. – f) die Fürsorge für jmd. od. etw. = die Aufsicht über jmd. od. etw., die Hut, Obhut, α) über jmd.: c. dominae, Ov.; vgl. vollst. dominam servandi cura, Ov.: filium regis non sub hospitum modo privatorum custodia, sed publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae esse velle, Liv. – bes. des Erziehers, der Erzieherin, c. susceptorum semel adulescentium, Quint.: suum sororisque filios in eadem cura habere, Liv.: alci sororis suae nepotum curam delegare, Quint. – β) über etw.: omnes, quibus vivaria, armenta, alvearia, piscinae, aviaria in cura erant, alle Tierwärter, Hirten, Bienen-, Fisch-, Vogelwärter, Plin. 8, 44. – g) meton.: α) der Pfleger, Wärter, Aufseher, immundae cura fidelis harae (v. Schweinehirten Eumäus), Ov. her. 1, 104 (vgl. no. 3, a, β, ββ). – β) der Gegenstand der Fürsorge, der Schützling, Pflegling, Liebling, c. deûm (v. Anchises), Verg.: ipse Veneris iustissima cura, Dardanius puer, Verg.: tua cura, palumbes, Verg.: absunt, mea cura, sodales, Ov.: Roscia te salutat, cura communis, Sidon.: Lydia (ein Gedicht des P. Val. Kato) doctorum maxima cura liber, Ticida poët. bei Suet.

    3) die Fürsorge = die verwaltende, leitende Besorgung, Pflege, die Verwaltung, Leitung (das Kommando), die Aufsicht, a) übh.: α) eig.: c. rerum domesticarum, die Verwaltung des Hauswesens, die Hauswirtschaft (οίκονομία), Quint. 3, 3, 9: patrimonii sui curam mandare alci, Sen. de ben. 4, 27, 5. – bes. als Staatsamt, magistratus et imperia et omnis cura rerum publicarum, Sall.: u. so cura rei publicae, Liv., u. cura rerum, Tac.: u. speziell c. urbis, Liv.: aerarii, annonae, Suet.: tabularum publicarum, die V. des öffentl. Schuldbuchs, V. des Staatsärars, Tac.: operum publicorum, Suet.: c. viarum, aquarum, alvei Tiberis, frumenti populo dividendi, Suet.: c. navium, Flottenverwaltung, Tac.: c. legionis armandae, Tac. – alqm ad curam rei publicae admovere, Suet., Ggstz. alqm curā rerum demovere, Tac.: provincias ad suam curam transferre, Suet.: aspenari curam urbis (Stadtpflege, Leitung der städtischen Angelegenheiten) ut ingratam ignobilemque, Liv.: curam ordinandarum bibliothecarum in porticu Octaviae suscipere, Suet.: alci delegare curam providendae tempestatis, die Gewitterwache übertragen, Sen.: curam atque onus Germanici belli Druso delegare, Vell.: obsidionem demandare in curam collegae, Liv.: alci arcis curam mandare, Curt.: curam peditum Paulinus, equitum Celsus sumpsere, Tac.: Equitius, cui tunc erat cura palatii credita, der damalige Hausmarschall, Amm. – β) meton., αα) die Besorgung = die Mühwaltung, Obliegenheit, das Geschäft, hi (delecti) vel aetate vel similitudine curae patres appellabantur, Sall.: hanc curam tibi iniungo, Plin. ep.: in bello in aliqua maiuscula cura negotiove versari, Cic.: est minutioris curae m. folg. Infin., es ist ein allzu kleinliches Geschäft, Quint. 8, 6, 28. – bes. im Plur. (Ggstz. remissiones u. dgl.), nondum ad curas intentus, Tac.: cum sumus necessariis negotiis curisque vacui, Cic.: iam vero tempora curarum remissionumque divisa, Tac.: divisae inter Tutorem et Classicum curae, Tac.: tam humiles et sordidas curas alii mandare, Plin. ep. – ββ) der Aufseher, cura praetorii unus, Haushofmeister, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14, 11: Saturninus ex cura palatii, gewesener Hausmarschall, Amm. 22, 3, 7. – b) die Vormundschaft, Kuratel, curam gerere, administrare, ICt.

    II) wie φροντίς, die Sorge = die Besorgnis, besorgte Teilnahme (Ggstz. gaudium, laetitia; Synon. u. stärkerer Begriff sollicitudo, Kummer, Bekümmernis, s. Plin. ep. 2, 11, 15: dah. oft verb. cura et sollicitudo, sollicitudo et cura, cura et angor, cura et angor animi mei), 1) im allg.: domitor curarum (v. Schlaf), Sen. poët.: curarum milia, Prop. – expers curae od. omnis curae, Liv.: erant illa castra plena curae, Cic. – liber curā et angore animus, Cic.: animus liber sensibus et curis od. omni impeditione curarum (zB. per somnum od. in somnis), Cic.: vacuus hāc curā, Cic.: vacua metu, curā, sollicitudine, periculo vita bonorum virorum est, Cic. – sine cura, ohne S., sorglos, Sall.: u. so auch sine cura esse, Cic. – m. obj. Genet., curā impensarum populi Romani, aus Bes. für usw., Liv. – m. de u. Abl., cura de minore filio, Liv. 44, 44, 1. – m. pro u. Abl., cura pro alqo, Liv. 27, 30, 5. Verg. Aen. 12, 48. – m. in u. Akk., nullā in posterum curā, Tac. hist. 3, 55. – m. attrib. Adjj., curae amarae, Ov.: curae anxiae (bange), Liv.: curae atrae, Hor.: curae edaces, Hor.: c. gravis, gravior, Liv., gravissima, Cic.: c. ingens, Sall.: curae inanes, Lucr.: c. magna, maior, maxima, Cic.: c. materna, Plin.: c. minor, Cic.: curae mordaces, Lucan.: curae novae, Cic. (vgl. haec nova c., Hernici, diese neue Bes. [= Gegenstand der Bes.], Liv. 6, 6, 13): c. parva, Cic.: c. multiplex, Curt.: curae perpetuae, Ov.: c. cotidiana, Ter.: c. summa (zB. summā curā alcis adventum exspectare), Cic.: curae tristes, Verg.: curae vigilantes, Sorgen bei wachendem Auge (S. amTage), Cic.: so auch curae vigiles, Val. Max. – m. Verben, abigere curas, die S. verscheuchen (v. Lebl.), Hor.: abstinere curis, sich der S. entschlagen, Cels.: accumulat curas filia parva meas, Ov. – adimere alci curam, Ter. (u. so auch quot curas ademi! Ter.). – afferre (alci) curam, curas, S. verursachen, zB. nonnullas curas et molestias (v. Umständen), Cic.: u. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Piliam in idem genus morbi delapsam curam tibi afferre maiorem sentio, Cic.: u. m. folg. quod, zB. quod negavit te potuisse ad me scribere, curam mihi attulit, Cic. – afficere alqm aliquā curā, Cic., magnā curā et sollicitudine, Ter. (sowohl v. Pers. als v. Umständen): u. so auch afficior curā, Plin. ep. – curam de coniuge agere, Sorge tragen um d. G. (Ggstz. intrepidum esse pro se), Ov. met. 9, 107. – agitare alqm dies noctesque curis insomniisque, Liv. – cotidiana cura angit animum, Ter.: angi tot curis vigiliisque, Cic. – quod ipsum curam augebat, Liv. – aegritudines, molestiae, maerores, qui exedunt animos hominum conficiuntque curis, Cic.: u. bes. confici curis, Cic., confectus curis, Iustin.: animus curā confectus, Ter. – ut eorum aspectu omnis quae me angebat de re publica cura consederit, Cic. – cur eam rem tam studiose curas, quae tibi multas dabit curas, Cornif. rhet. 4, 21: at tibi curarum milia quanta dabit, Prop. 1, 5, 10. – decedit alci cura u. alci cura de alqa re (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 52, 8. Burm. Suet. Caes. 24), zB. priusquam ea cura decederet patribus Romanis, Liv.: de domesticarum rerum eventu nec patribus nec plebi cura decesserat, Liv.: donec cura de Antiocho decessisset, Liv. – demere animis curas, Varro. – deducere animo curas, Hor. – curas depellere vino, Tibull. – deponere curam pro alqo, Verg.: deponere tristes animo curas, Verg.: in alcis sermone et suavitate omnes curas doloresque deponere, Cic. – dimittere curam hanc, Ov. met. 1, 209. – velut in duo pariter bella distenderant curas hominum, hatten die Besorgnisse gleichs. zwischen zwei Kriegen in gleicher Weise geteilt, Liv. 27,40, 1 (versch. v. curam alcis distendere oben no. I, 1). – omnium tamen non tanta pro Aetolis cura erat, quam ne Philippus regnumque eius grave libertati futurum rebus Graeciae immisceretur, Liv. 27, 30, 5. – mihi maximae curae est non de mea quidem vita, sed me patria sollicitat, Cic.: Pompeius de Clodio iubet nos esse sine cura, Cic. – fuit intactis quoque cura condicione super communi, Hor. ep. 2, 1, 152. – parte curae exonerarunt senatum consulis litterae, Liv. – me his exsolvite curis, Verg.: extenuat corpus cura, Cels. – alqd curam facit m. folg. ne u. Konj., läßt besorgen, daß usw., Tac. ann. 3, 52. – fugere curam, Cic. – quam pro me curam geris, hanc precor, optime, pro me deponas, Verg. Aen. 12, 48 sq. – pectus alcis anxiis implere curis (v. einem Ereignis), Liv.: imponere finem curis, Verg.: primo gravis cura patres incessit, Liv.: affirmatio Pori multiplicem animo regis iniecerat curam, Curt.: u. inicere (alci) curam m. folg. ne u. Konj., Ter. adelph. 708. Curt. 3, 1 (2), 17: inicere alci curam metumque, ne etc., Liv. 5, 7, 4. – cum curis laxati sumus, Cic.: saepissime curam et angorem animi mei sermone et consilio levasti tuo, Cic.: levare (abnehmen) alqm curā od. magnā curā, Cic.: liberare alqm curā, istā curā, magnā curā et sollicitudine, Cic.: ut quoquo modo aut liberarem te istā curā aut certe levarem, Cic. – non tamen invictum animum curae obruunt (erdrücken), Curt.: illum ingens cura atque laetitia simul occupavere, Sall. – partiri curas cum alqo, Verg.: pellere curas vino, Hor., curas e pectore, Sil. – illa restabat cura, ne etc., Liv. – ea me cura vehementissime sollicitat, Cic.: me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod (daß) etc., Cic. – solvere alqm curis ceteris, Ter.: curas et corpora somnus solverat, Ov. – videris gravem curam suscepisse vehementerque esse de nobis sollicitus, Cass. in Cic. ep.: maximam hic sollicitudinem curamque sustineo, ne m. folg. Konj., Cic. – traducere animos a minore cura ad summum timorem (v. einem Vorfalle), Cic. – et curā vacare et negotio, Cic.: maternā vacare curā, Plin.: vitare curam domesticorum, sich der S. um den Haushalt entschlagen, Cels.: multiplices animo volvere curas, Catull.

    2) die Liebessorge, Liebesqual, die Liebe (vgl. Lachmann Prop. 1, 11 [10], 17), c. mea, tua, die Liebe zu mir, zu dir, Ov. u. Prop.: iuvenum curae, Hor.: possum alterius curas sanare recentes, Prop. – meton. (wie μέλημα) = die Geliebte, die Flamme, tua cura, Lycoris, Verg.: Lynceu, tune meam potuisti tangere curam? Prop. – / Arch. Dat. curai, Elog. clar. vir. 24 im Corp. inscr. Lat. 12. p. 285.

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  • 24 cura

    cūra, ae, f. (arch. coira aus *coisa; vgl. pälign. coisatens »curaverunt«), das Sichangelegenseinlassen = die Sorge, I) = επιμέλεια, die Sorge, Fürsorge, 1) im allg., die angelegentliche Bemühung, das angelegentliche Bestreben, die Sorgfalt, das Interesse, die Teilnahme, die Beachtung, Rücksichtnahme, die Aufmerksamkeit, das Augenmerk, die Achtsamkeit (Ggstz. neglegentia; oft verb. cura et diligentia, cura ac diligentia, cura diligentiaque, tutela atque cura, opera curaque, cura atque opera, studium curaque, cura et cogitatio, cogitatio curaque, cura et od. ac labor), cura acris, Quint., acris cura diligentiaque, Cic.: intenta (intentior, intentissima), Liv.: magna (maior, maxima), Quint.: non mediocris, Planc. in Cic. ep.: minor, Quint.: nimia, Quint.: c. publica (die S. für das allgemeine Wohl), Ggstz. c. privata, Liv. – cum cura, zB. saucios reficere, Liv.: omnes milites sepelire, Curt.: omnia speculari, Liv.: so auch cum magna cura, zB. parare omnia, Sall.: magna cum cura atque diligentia, zB. scribere alqd, Cic.: cum maxima cura, zB. ultum ire iniurias, Sall.: summa cum cura, zB. exsequi alqd, Liv.: non sine cura, zB. rem administrant, Sall.: finis vitae extraneis non sine cura fuit, fand Teilnahme bei den Ausw., Tac. – u. sine cura deûm evenire (sich ereignen), Tac. (vgl. Heraei stud. crit. p. 73). – u. bl. magnā curā, zB.
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    alere equum, Suet.: ea non maiore curā praecepta ab ducibus sunt quam ab militibus observata, Liv. - m. obj. Genet., agrorum nimia c. (allzu großes Interesse am Landbau) et sollicitior rei familiaris diligentia, Quint.: c. sui, für sich, für die Selbsterhaltung, Sen.: cura rei publicae, Interesse am St., Cic. u. Sall.: legum, Beachtung, Beobachtung der G., Quint.: c. rerum, verborum, sorgfältige Wahl, Quint.: c. bonarum rerum, c. humanarum rerum, Interesse, Teilnahme an usw., Sall.: rerum alienarum cura (zB. difficilis est), Cic.: assidua et perpetua c. salutis tuae, Cic. – cura habendi, Habsucht (πλεονεξία), Phaedr.: cura diversa sciscitandi, Tac.: cura colendi, S. in der Pflege, sorgfältige Pflege (des Gartens), Verg.: singularis cura (Schonung) frugum, agrorum, hominum, urbium, Vell. – m. de (in betreff) u. Abl., studium tuum curaque de salute mea nullā me novā voluptate affecit, Brut. in Cic. ep.: gratissima est mihi tua cura de illo meo primo et maximo mandato, Cic. – m. pro u. Abl., divina pro nobis cura, Augustin. conf. 7, 19 in. (vgl. unten curam agere pro etc. u. est cura pro etc.). – m. Verben, abicere curam (Interesse an) rei publicae, Cic., od. omnem suam curam de re publica, Cic. – adhibere curam in capris et ovibus parandis (Ggstz. neglegentem esse in amicis eligendis), Cic.: adhibere magnam curam diligentiamque in valetudine sua tuenda, Nep.: de sacerdotio tuo quantum curam
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    ad-hibuerim, cognosce ex iis litteris, quas etc., Cic.: non mediocris adhibenda mihi est cura, ut etc., Planc. in Cic. ep. – agere curam alcis rei od. alcis u. de alqa re od. de alqo od. pro alqo, für etw. od. jmd. Sorge od. Fürsorge tragen, an etw, od. jmd. Interesse nehmen, sich um etw. od. jmd. bekümmern, sich etw. angelegen sein lassen (s. Burm. u. Ruhnk. Ov. her. 12, 302), zB. curam corporis diligentissime, Sen.: curam libertatis, Sall.: curam humanarum rerum (v. den Göttern), Plin. u. Quint.: curam sui, Sen.: curam civium, Liv.: curam pro nobis hospitis, uxor, agas, Ov.: curam de Samnitibus, non de se, Liv. – avocare curam alcis, die Aufm. jmds. abziehen, jmd. zerstreuen, Col. – capit alcis animum cura sacrorum et caerimoniarum, Liv. – conferre magnam curam in alcis salutem diligentiamque, Cic.: conferre omnem suam curam atque operam ad philosophiam, Cic. – cosumere in alcis salute omnem suum laborem, omnem operam, curam, studium, Cic.: istorum in dialecticis omnis cura consumitur, Cic. – defungi (loswerden) eā curā, Liv. – desiderare (erfordern) acrem curam diligentiamque, Cic. – curam hanc dimittere, Ov.: non dimittere istam curam, Cic.: dimittere omnem curam suorum, sich um die Seinigen gar nicht weiter bekümmern, Suet. – distendere alcis curam, jmds. Sorgfalt nach allen Seiten in Anspruch nehmen, jmd. gehörig beschäftigen, Col. 8, 2, 7 u. 12, 46, 1 (versch. von
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    curas distendere, s. no. II, 1). – est cura alcis, m. pro u. Abl., publica cura est pro moenibus istis, Ov.: m. ut u. Konj., medici cura esse debet, ut etc., Cels.: m. ne u. Konj., haec mea cura est, ne quid tu perdas, Hor.: una erat cura, ne inultus occĭderet, nur darauf war sein Augenmerk gerichtet, daß er nicht usw., Curt. – est alqs cura alci od. alcis, cura pii dis sunt (Riese cura deûm di sunt) et qui coluere, coluntur, Ov. met. 8, 724 (715). – est alci cura alcis rei od. alcis, es trägt jmd. Sorge für etw. od. einen, nimmt Interesse an etw., richtet sein Augenmerk auf etw., bekümmert sich um etw. od. jmb., zB. Romanis interim arcis Tarentinae praesidiique, quod ibi obsideretur, cura est, Liv.: quodsi hominibus bonarun rerum tanta cura esset, quanto studio aliena petunt, Sall.: artium ingenuarum tibi maxima cura est, Ov.: cura tibi non est hospitis ulla tui, Ov. – cura est od. alci cura est m. folg. Infin., cura comere capillum fuit, Sen.: cura finitimos vincere maior erat, Ov.: praeverti ad Armenios instantior cura fuit, Tac.: ingens cura est mis cordibus aequiperare, Enn. fr.: nulli cura fuit externos quaerere divos, Prop.: nec sit mihi cura mederi, Verg. – alci cura est m. folg. ne u. Konj., haec mea cura est, ne quid tu perdas neu sis iocus, Hor.: inter quae maxima erat cura duci (war das Hauptaugenmerk des F. darauf gerichtet), ne qua exprobratio cuiquam veteris fortunae discordiam inter ordines se-
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    reret, Liv.: u. cura est alcis m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, neque senatus in eo cura, an imperii extrema dehonestarentur,Tac. ann. 4, 74. – est alqd intentioris curae, zB. custodiae vigiliaeque et ordo stationum intentioris curae erant, Liv. – est alci alqd od. alqs curae od. est alci curae de alqa re, es ist jmdm. eine Sache od. Pers. zur Sorge, d.i. ein Gegenstand der Sorge, Fürsorge, es läßt sich jmd. eine Sache od. Pers. zur Sorge sein, angelegen sein, zB. tibi erit eidem, cui salus mea fuit, etiam dignitas curae, Cic.: Caesar pollicitus est sibi eam rem curae futuram, Caes.: propinqui, quibus est puella curae, Catull.: rati sese dis immortalibus curae esse, Sall.: ergo illi curae contigit esse tuae, Ov.: de ceteris senatui curae fore, Sall.: de Tirone mihi curae est, Cic. ep.: mihi magnae curae tua vita et dignitas est, Anton. in Cic. ep.: salutem eius regis senatui populoque Romano magnae curae esse, Cic.: ei permagnum et perhonorificum videbatur senatui populoque Romano tantae curae esse salutem suam, Cic.: non enim tibi ea res maiori curae aut est aut erit quam mihi, Cic.: ceterum magis vis morbi ingravescens curae erat terroresque ac prodigia, Liv. 4, 21, 5: ceterum eo tempore minus ea bella quae gerebantur curae patribus erant, quam exspectatio nondum coepti cum Antiocho belli, Liv. 35, 23, 1: in eorum periculis non secus absentes quam praesentes amicos Attico esse curae, Nep. Att. 12, 5: so auch alci curae
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    est m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., zB. velim tibi curae sit, ut aliquid istinc bestiarum habeamus, Cael. in Cic. ep.: magis curae est magisque adformido, ne is pereat aut corrumpatur, Plaut.: in primis tibi curae sit, ne mihi tempus prorogetur, Cic.: patribus aeque curae fuisse, ne qua iniuria in eos oreretur, Liv.: alci curae est m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, zB. quo magis quae agas curae sunt mihi, Ter.: omnibus civitatibus Graeciae et Asiae curae erat, quid Eumenes in senatu egisset, Liv.: mihi maiori curae est, quemadmodum vobis gratiam referam, quam etc., Cic.: mihi non minori curae est, qualis res publica post mortem meam futura sit, quam qualis hodie sit, Cic.: quin id erat curae, quo pacto cuncta tenerem, Hor.: nisi sane curae sit (von Interesse für mich ist), quorsum eventurum hoc siet, Ter. – alci curae est m. Infin., zB. erit mihi curae explorare provinciae voluntatem, Traian. in Plin. ep.: magnae veteribus curae fuit gratiam dicendi et paribus et contrariis acquirere, Quint.: eligere modo curae sit (nur sei man in der Auswahl vorsichtig), Quint. – u. alci curae est m. Acc. u. Infin., tibi curae est sentire cives tuos, quanto per te onere leventur, Liv. 30, 31, 3. – plus exigere (erfordern) laboris et curae, Quint. – habere curam alcis rei od. alcis, für etw. Sorge tragen, auf etw. Sorgfalt verwenden, an etw. od. jmd. Interesse nehmen, sich um jmd. od. etw. bekümmern, sich etw. angelegen sein lassen, zB. liber-
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    tatis, Sall.: rerum divinarum. Liv.: in primis pacis tuendae, Suet.: serendi (arborem turis), Plin.: Ausoniae gentis, v. den Göttern, Ov.: delectus multo intentiorem quam alias curam habebat, Liv. – so auch habere curam de od. in alqa re, zB. de vita communi omnium curam publicaeque rei constitutione habere, Vitr. 1. praef. § 2: in ea (re publicā) cognoscenda multam magnamque curam habui, Ps. Sall. de rep. 2, 1, 3. – u. habere alqm od. alqd curae od. sibi curae, zB. petitionem alcis c. h., Sall.: nec aliter universos quam membra partesque imperii c. h., Suet.: me ut id mihi habeam curae rogas, Varro: eos tibi et rem, de qua misi, velim curae habeas, Cael. in Cic. ep.: u. so curae sibi habere m. Infin., zB. ut ille ex ultimis terris, quid ageret, curae sibi haberet certiorem facere Atticum, Nep. Att. 20, 4: curae habere m. folg. ut u. Konj., habebo itaque curae, ut te meliorem tibi reddam quam accepi, Sen. de ben. 1, 8, 2: curae habere m. folg. Relativsatz, sapienter habeatis curae, quae imperavi atque impero, Plaut. Men. 991: u. absol. curas habere, alle mögliche Sorgfalt anwenden, nichts vernachlässigen, Iustin. 43, 4, 11. – impendere curam alci rei, zB. rei domesticae, Phaedr.: u. so acrem quam maxime curam spei futuri oratoris, Quint. – incumbere onmi cogitatione curāque in rem publicam, Cic.: dagegen incumbe in eam curam od. totā mente incumbe in hanc curam, laß das deine an-
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    gelegentliche Sorge sein, Cic. – at mihi cura non mediocris inest, fontes ut adire remotos queam, Hor. sat. 2, 4, 93 sq. – intendere curam alcis, jmds. Aufmerksamkeit spannen, zB. gens bellicosa... curam regis intenderat, ließ den K. auf seiner Hut sein, Curt.; dagegen curam intendere in alqd, die Aufmerksamkeit, sein Augenmerk auf etw. richten, zB. in quem omnes intenderat curas, Curt.: dum omnium cura in Veiens bellum intenta est, Liv.: u. m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, non intenta cuiusquam cura, quae firmitudo (coriorum), quae mensura, ohne daß jemand genau darauf geachtet hätte, Tac. – ne Syphacis quidem reconciliandi curam ex animo mittere, den Gedanken nicht aufgeben, Liv. – ponere curam et aegritudinem, Cic.: ponere curam alcis rei, die S. für etw. beiseite lassen, sich nicht weiter um etw. bekümmern, zB. positis omnium aliarum rerum curis, mit Hintansetzung aller andern Geschäfte, Liv. – aber ponere curam in alqa re, Sorgfalt, Aufmerksamkeit richten, verwenden, zB. omnem curam in siderum cognitione, Cic.: omnis mihi cura et opera posita est in hominum periculis defendendis, Cic. – postulare (erfordern) minorem curam, Quint. – remittere curam diligentiamque, nachlassen in usw., Caes.: omnem curam belli remittere, Liv.: omnes curas referre ad alqm et in eo consumere, Cic. – stimulare curam, zB. ne fames quidem, quae mutas accenderet bestias, curam stimulare pos-
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    set, Liv. – suscipere curam, es sich eine Sorge sein lassen, darauf sein Augenmerk richten, m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj. od. folg. indir. Fragesatz, zB. suscipe curam et cogitationem dignissimam tuae virtutis, ut Caesarem et Pompeium perfidiā hominum distractos in pristinam concordiam reducas, Balb. in Cic. ep.: quod magnam curam suscipiebat (weil er sich wohl hütete), ne quo temere progrederetur, Auct. b. Alex.: hanc quoque suscipe curam, quemadmodum experiamur, Cic. – sustinere maximam curam belli, die schweren u. sorgenvollen Kriegslasten zu tragen haben, Cic. – omni mente in ea cogitatione curaque versari, ut etc., Cic.: omnis cura mea solet in hoc versari semper, si possim, ut boni efficiam aliquid dicendo, Cic.: vincere omnes curā, vigilantiā, patientiā, Nep. – So nun insbes.: α) das Interesse für etw. Neues, die Neugierde, cura ingenii humani, die dem Menschen angeborene Neugierde, Liv. 21, 22, 7 (u. dazu Fabri): inerat cura insita mortalibus videndi congredientes nobilem regem et... legatos, Liv. 42, 39, 3. – β) das wissenschaftliche Streben, das Studium, die Forschung, cura et meditatio (Nachdenken), Tac. dial. 16; vgl. Tac. Agr. 10. – Plur., sapientis animus cum his habitans pernoctansque curis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 69. – dah. meton. = die ausstudierte Schrift, die Ausarbeitung, Arbeit, c. recens, Ov., nova et recens, Tac.: ii, quorum in manus cura nostra venerit, Tac.:
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    2) die Fürsorge = die Besorgung, Behandlung, Abwartung, Wartung, Pflege, Aufsicht, a) die landwirtsch. Pflege, Zucht, Pelusiacae lentis, Verg. georg. 1, 228: quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo sit pecori, Verg. georg. 1, 3. – b) die physiche Pflege des Körpers, bes. auch die verschönernde, das Ordnen, Schmücken, der Putz, wie θεραπεία (s. Broukh. Prop. 2, 12 [14], 28. Gronov Obss. 1, 23 p. 98 Fr.), m. subj. Genet., cura mulierum, Phaedr. – m. obj. Genet., c. corporis, Quint.: formae, Sen.: comae, Prop.: capillorum, Suet.: cura cultusque feminarum, Liv. – c) die Krankenpflege, α) des Wärters usw., die Pflege, saucios sustentare curā, Tac. ann. 4, 63. – β) des Arztes, die Behandlung, Heilung, Kur (griech. θεραπεία) c. morbi, Iustin.: c. aquae, quae inter cutem est, Cels.: si quid cura levarit, Cels.: cum omnem curam fata vincerent, Vell.: Plur., curae aegrescentium, Macr. sat. 7, 4, 6. – übtr., relinquebatur simplex illa iam cura doloris tui, Cic. ep. 5, 16, 5: illa fuit lacrimis ultima cura meis (v. Schlafe), Prop. 1, 3, 46. – d) die Besorgung einer Leiche (griech. κήδευσις), quibus ea (mater) funeris sui curam demandarat, Suet. Tib. 51, 2; vgl. Tac. hist. 5, 5. – e)
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    die Besorgung der Götter, cura deorum, der Gottesdienst (griech. θεραπεία θεῶν), Liv. 6, 41, 9. Iustin. 41, 3, 6. – f) die Fürsorge für jmd. od. etw. = die Aufsicht über jmd. od. etw., die Hut, Obhut, α) über jmd.: c. dominae, Ov.; vgl. vollst. dominam servandi cura, Ov.: filium regis non sub hospitum modo privatorum custodia, sed publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae esse velle, Liv. – bes. des Erziehers, der Erzieherin, c. susceptorum semel adulescentium, Quint.: suum sororisque filios in eadem cura habere, Liv.: alci sororis suae nepotum curam delegare, Quint. – β) über etw.: omnes, quibus vivaria, armenta, alvearia, piscinae, aviaria in cura erant, alle Tierwärter, Hirten, Bienen-, Fisch-, Vogelwärter, Plin. 8, 44. – g) meton.: α) der Pfleger, Wärter, Aufseher, immundae cura fidelis harae (v. Schweinehirten Eumäus), Ov. her. 1, 104 (vgl. no. 3, a, β, ββ). – β) der Gegenstand der Fürsorge, der Schützling, Pflegling, Liebling, c. deûm (v. Anchises), Verg.: ipse Veneris iustissima cura, Dardanius puer, Verg.: tua cura, palumbes, Verg.: absunt, mea cura, sodales, Ov.: Roscia te salutat, cura communis, Sidon.: Lydia (ein Gedicht des P. Val. Kato) doctorum maxima cura liber, Ticida poët. bei Suet.
    3) die Fürsorge = die verwaltende, leitende Besorgung, Pflege, die Verwaltung, Leitung ( das Kommando), die Aufsicht, a) übh.: α) eig.: c. rerum
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    domesticarum, die Verwaltung des Hauswesens, die Hauswirtschaft (οίκονομία), Quint. 3, 3, 9: patrimonii sui curam mandare alci, Sen. de ben. 4, 27, 5. – bes. als Staatsamt, magistratus et imperia et omnis cura rerum publicarum, Sall.: u. so cura rei publicae, Liv., u. cura rerum, Tac.: u. speziell c. urbis, Liv.: aerarii, annonae, Suet.: tabularum publicarum, die V. des öffentl. Schuldbuchs, V. des Staatsärars, Tac.: operum publicorum, Suet.: c. viarum, aquarum, alvei Tiberis, frumenti populo dividendi, Suet.: c. navium, Flottenverwaltung, Tac.: c. legionis armandae, Tac. – alqm ad curam rei publicae admovere, Suet., Ggstz. alqm curā rerum demovere, Tac.: provincias ad suam curam transferre, Suet.: aspenari curam urbis (Stadtpflege, Leitung der städtischen Angelegenheiten) ut ingratam ignobilemque, Liv.: curam ordinandarum bibliothecarum in porticu Octaviae suscipere, Suet.: alci delegare curam providendae tempestatis, die Gewitterwache übertragen, Sen.: curam atque onus Germanici belli Druso delegare, Vell.: obsidionem demandare in curam collegae, Liv.: alci arcis curam mandare, Curt.: curam peditum Paulinus, equitum Celsus sumpsere, Tac.: Equitius, cui tunc erat cura palatii credita, der damalige Hausmarschall, Amm. – β) meton., αα) die Besorgung = die Mühwaltung, Obliegenheit, das Geschäft, hi (delecti) vel aetate vel similitudine curae patres appellabantur, Sall.: hanc
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    curam tibi iniungo, Plin. ep.: in bello in aliqua maiuscula cura negotiove versari, Cic.: est minutioris curae m. folg. Infin., es ist ein allzu kleinliches Geschäft, Quint. 8, 6, 28. – bes. im Plur. (Ggstz. remissiones u. dgl.), nondum ad curas intentus, Tac.: cum sumus necessariis negotiis curisque vacui, Cic.: iam vero tempora curarum remissionumque divisa, Tac.: divisae inter Tutorem et Classicum curae, Tac.: tam humiles et sordidas curas alii mandare, Plin. ep. – ββ) der Aufseher, cura praetorii unus, Haushofmeister, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14, 11: Saturninus ex cura palatii, gewesener Hausmarschall, Amm. 22, 3, 7. – b) die Vormundschaft, Kuratel, curam gerere, administrare, ICt.
    II) wie φροντίς, die Sorge = die Besorgnis, besorgte Teilnahme (Ggstz. gaudium, laetitia; Synon. u. stärkerer Begriff sollicitudo, Kummer, Bekümmernis, s. Plin. ep. 2, 11, 15: dah. oft verb. cura et sollicitudo, sollicitudo et cura, cura et angor, cura et angor animi mei), 1) im allg.: domitor curarum (v. Schlaf), Sen. poët.: curarum milia, Prop. – expers curae od. omnis curae, Liv.: erant illa castra plena curae, Cic. – liber curā et angore animus, Cic.: animus liber sensibus et curis od. omni impeditione curarum (zB. per somnum od. in somnis), Cic.: vacuus hāc curā, Cic.: vacua metu, curā, sollicitudine, periculo vita bonorum virorum est, Cic. – sine cura, ohne
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    S., sorglos, Sall.: u. so auch sine cura esse, Cic. – m. obj. Genet., curā impensarum populi Romani, aus Bes. für usw., Liv. – m. de u. Abl., cura de minore filio, Liv. 44, 44, 1. – m. pro u. Abl., cura pro alqo, Liv. 27, 30, 5. Verg. Aen. 12, 48. – m. in u. Akk., nullā in posterum curā, Tac. hist. 3, 55. – m. attrib. Adjj., curae amarae, Ov.: curae anxiae (bange), Liv.: curae atrae, Hor.: curae edaces, Hor.: c. gravis, gravior, Liv., gravissima, Cic.: c. ingens, Sall.: curae inanes, Lucr.: c. magna, maior, maxima, Cic.: c. materna, Plin.: c. minor, Cic.: curae mordaces, Lucan.: curae novae, Cic. (vgl. haec nova c., Hernici, diese neue Bes. [= Gegenstand der Bes.], Liv. 6, 6, 13): c. parva, Cic.: c. multiplex, Curt.: curae perpetuae, Ov.: c. cotidiana, Ter.: c. summa (zB. summā curā alcis adventum exspectare), Cic.: curae tristes, Verg.: curae vigilantes, Sorgen bei wachendem Auge (S. am Tage), Cic.: so auch curae vigiles, Val. Max. – m. Verben, abigere curas, die S. verscheuchen (v. Lebl.), Hor.: abstinere curis, sich der S. entschlagen, Cels.: accumulat curas filia parva meas, Ov. – adimere alci curam, Ter. (u. so auch quot curas ademi! Ter.). – afferre (alci) curam, curas, S. verursachen, zB. nonnullas curas et molestias (v. Umständen), Cic.: u. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Piliam in idem genus morbi delapsam curam tibi afferre maiorem sentio, Cic.: u. m. folg. quod, zB. quod negavit te potuisse ad me scribere,
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    curam mihi attulit, Cic. – afficere alqm aliquā curā, Cic., magnā curā et sollicitudine, Ter. (sowohl v. Pers. als v. Umständen): u. so auch afficior curā, Plin. ep. – curam de coniuge agere, Sorge tragen um d. G. (Ggstz. intrepidum esse pro se), Ov. met. 9, 107. – agitare alqm dies noctesque curis insomniisque, Liv. – cotidiana cura angit animum, Ter.: angi tot curis vigiliisque, Cic. – quod ipsum curam augebat, Liv. – aegritudines, molestiae, maerores, qui exedunt animos hominum conficiuntque curis, Cic.: u. bes. confici curis, Cic., confectus curis, Iustin.: animus curā confectus, Ter. – ut eorum aspectu omnis quae me angebat de re publica cura consederit, Cic. – cur eam rem tam studiose curas, quae tibi multas dabit curas, Cornif. rhet. 4, 21: at tibi curarum milia quanta dabit, Prop. 1, 5, 10. – decedit alci cura u. alci cura de alqa re (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 52, 8. Burm. Suet. Caes. 24), zB. priusquam ea cura decederet patribus Romanis, Liv.: de domesticarum rerum eventu nec patribus nec plebi cura decesserat, Liv.: donec cura de Antiocho decessisset, Liv. – demere animis curas, Varro. – deducere animo curas, Hor. – curas depellere vino, Tibull. – deponere curam pro alqo, Verg.: deponere tristes animo curas, Verg.: in alcis sermone et suavitate omnes curas doloresque deponere, Cic. – dimittere curam hanc, Ov. met. 1, 209. – velut in duo pariter bella distenderant curas hominum, hatten die
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    Besorgnisse gleichs. zwischen zwei Kriegen in gleicher Weise geteilt, Liv. 27,40, 1 (versch. v. curam alcis distendere oben no. I, 1). – omnium tamen non tanta pro Aetolis cura erat, quam ne Philippus regnumque eius grave libertati futurum rebus Graeciae immisceretur, Liv. 27, 30, 5. – mihi maximae curae est non de mea quidem vita, sed me patria sollicitat, Cic.: Pompeius de Clodio iubet nos esse sine cura, Cic. – fuit intactis quoque cura condicione super communi, Hor. ep. 2, 1, 152. – parte curae exonerarunt senatum consulis litterae, Liv. – me his exsolvite curis, Verg.: extenuat corpus cura, Cels. – alqd curam facit m. folg. ne u. Konj., läßt besorgen, daß usw., Tac. ann. 3, 52. – fugere curam, Cic. – quam pro me curam geris, hanc precor, optime, pro me deponas, Verg. Aen. 12, 48 sq. – pectus alcis anxiis implere curis (v. einem Ereignis), Liv.: imponere finem curis, Verg.: primo gravis cura patres incessit, Liv.: affirmatio Pori multiplicem animo regis iniecerat curam, Curt.: u. inicere (alci) curam m. folg. ne u. Konj., Ter. adelph. 708. Curt. 3, 1 (2), 17: inicere alci curam metumque, ne etc., Liv. 5, 7, 4. – cum curis laxati sumus, Cic.: saepissime curam et angorem animi mei sermone et consilio levasti tuo, Cic.: levare (abnehmen) alqm curā od. magnā curā, Cic.: liberare alqm curā, istā curā, magnā curā et sollicitudine, Cic.: ut quoquo modo aut liberarem te istā curā aut certe leva-
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    rem, Cic. – non tamen invictum animum curae obruunt (erdrücken), Curt.: illum ingens cura atque laetitia simul occupavere, Sall. – partiri curas cum alqo, Verg.: pellere curas vino, Hor., curas e pectore, Sil. – illa restabat cura, ne etc., Liv. – ea me cura vehementissime sollicitat, Cic.: me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod (daß) etc., Cic. – solvere alqm curis ceteris, Ter.: curas et corpora somnus solverat, Ov. – videris gravem curam suscepisse vehementerque esse de nobis sollicitus, Cass. in Cic. ep.: maximam hic sollicitudinem curamque sustineo, ne m. folg. Konj., Cic. – traducere animos a minore cura ad summum timorem (v. einem Vorfalle), Cic. – et curā vacare et negotio, Cic.: maternā vacare curā, Plin.: vitare curam domesticorum, sich der S. um den Haushalt entschlagen, Cels.: multiplices animo volvere curas, Catull.
    2) die Liebessorge, Liebesqual, die Liebe (vgl. Lachmann Prop. 1, 11 [10], 17), c. mea, tua, die Liebe zu mir, zu dir, Ov. u. Prop.: iuvenum curae, Hor.: possum alterius curas sanare recentes, Prop. – meton. (wie μέλημα) = die Geliebte, die Flamme, tua cura, Lycoris, Verg.: Lynceu, tune meam potuisti tangere curam? Prop. – ⇒ Arch. Dat. curai, Elog. clar. vir. 24 im Corp. inscr. Lat. 12. p. 285.

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  • 25 reddo

    red-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (old fut. reddibo = reddam, Plaut. Cas. 1, 41; id. Men. 5, 7, 49, acc. to Non. 476, 27; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 508, 9; pass. reddibitur, id. Ep. 1, 1, 22), v. a.
    I.
    Lit., to give back, return, restore (freq. and class.;

    syn. restituo): reddere est quod debeas ei cujus est volenti dare,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 2:

    ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 109; 4, 3, 5; cf.:

    potes nunc mutuam drachmam dare mihi unam, quam cras reddam tibi?

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 84;

    so corresp. to dare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 89; id. Stich. 4, 1, 42:

    quid si reddatur illi, unde empta est,

    id. Merc. 2, 3, 83; id. Men. 3, 3, 21 sq.; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 24 sq. et saep.; cf.

    the foll.: ea, quae utenda acceperis, majore mensurā, si modo possis, jubet reddere Hesiodus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48;

    so corresp. to accipere,

    id. Lael. 8, 26; 16, 58; id. Rep. 2, 5, 10; Sen. Ben. 1, 1, 13:

    accipe quod nunquam reddas mihi,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 66; Verg. G. 4, 172; id. A. 8, 450 et saep.:

    si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto,

    I give it back and renounce it, Cic. Sull. 30, 84: Th. Redde argentum aut virginem. Ph. Quod argentum, quam tu virginem, me reposcis? Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 14:

    ut (virginem) suis Restituam ac reddam,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67;

    so with restituere,

    Liv. 3, 68 al.; cf.:

    reddere alias tegulas, i. e. restituere,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 29: obsides, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 19; so Caes. B. G. 1, 35; 1, 36; 6, 12:

    captivos,

    id. ib. 7, 90; Liv. 26, 50:

    ho mines,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 al.:

    corpora (mor tuorum),

    Verg. A. 11, 103; cf. id. ib. 2, 543:

    equos,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 2, 2; Suet. Aug. 38:

    suum cuique,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136:

    hereditatem mulieri,

    id. Fin. 2, 18, 58:

    sive paribus paria redduntur,

    i. e. are set against, opposed to, id. Or. 49, 164:

    nosmet ipsos nobis reddidistis,

    id. Red. in Sen. 1, 1:

    redditus Cyri solio Phraates,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 17:

    reddas incolumem, precor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 7:

    ut te reddat natis carisque,

    id. S. 1, 1, 83:

    redditus terris Daedalus,

    Verg. A. 6, 18; cf.:

    patriis aris,

    id. ib. 11, 269:

    oculis nostris,

    id. ib. 2, 740:

    tenebris,

    id. ib. 6, 545:

    sed jam urbi votisque publicis redditus,

    Plin. Pan. 60, 1:

    ex magnā desperatione saluti redditus,

    Just. 12, 10, 1:

    quin tu primum salutem reddis, quam dedi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11:

    operam da, opera reddibitur tibi,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 22; so id. Men. 4, 2, 101: cum duo genera liberalitatis sint, unum dandi beneficii, alterum reddendi, demus nec ne, in nostrā potestate est;

    non reddere viro bono non licet,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15, 48; so Sen. Ben. 1, 1 sq.; and cf. Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 10:

    redde his libertatem,

    id. Poen. 5, 4, 17; so,

    Lyciis libertatem ademit, Rhodiis reddidit,

    Suet. Claud. 25:

    patriam,

    Liv. 5, 51 fin.:

    sibi ereptum honorem,

    Verg. A. 5, 342:

    conspectum,

    id. ib. 9, 262 al.:

    se ipse convivio reddidit,

    betook himself again to the banquet, returned, Liv. 23, 9 fin.:

    quae belua reddit se catenis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 71:

    se reddidit astris,

    Sil. 4, 119; so,

    lux terris,

    Verg. A. 8, 170:

    se iterum in arma,

    id. ib. 10, 684.—
    (β).
    Poet., with inf.:

    sua monstra profundo Reddidit habere Jovi,

    Stat. Th. 1, 616.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (rare and poet.), of a river:

    sic modo conbibitur, modo Redditur ingens Erasinus,

    is swallowed up... reappears, Ov. M. 15, 275. —
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign; to yield, render, give, grant, bestow, pay, surrender, relinquish, resign (syn.:

    trado, refero): Cincius eam mihi abs te epistulam reddidit, quam tu dederas,

    Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; so,

    litteras (alicui),

    id. ib. 2, 1, 1; id. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

    litteras a te mihi reddidit stator tuus,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 1; 2, 20; 3, 33; Sall. C. 34, 3; cf.

    mandata,

    Suet. Tib. 16:

    pretium alicui pro benefactis ejus,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

    hoccine pretii,

    id. As. 1, 2, 2; cf.:

    praemia debita (along with persolvere grates),

    Verg. A. 2, 537:

    cetera praemia (with dare),

    id. ib. 9, 254:

    primos honores,

    id. ib. 5, 347:

    gratiam alicui (for the usual referre gratiam),

    Sall. J. 110, 4:

    reddunt ova columbae,

    Juv. 3, 202:

    obligatam Jovi dapem,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 17:

    o fortunata mors, quae naturae debita, pro patriā est potissimum reddita,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 31; cf.:

    vitam naturae reddendam,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; so, vitam. Lucr. 6, 1198:

    debitum naturae morbo,

    i. e. to die by disease, Nep. Reg. 1 fin.:

    lucem,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 35:

    ultimum spiritum,

    Vell. 2, 14, 2; cf. id. 2, 22, 2; 2, 35 fin.;

    2, 87, 2: animam caelo,

    id. ib. 123 fin.; cf.

    animas (with moriuntur),

    Verg. G. 3, 495:

    hanc animam, vacuas in auras,

    Ov. P. 2, 11, 7:

    caute vota reddunto,

    to pay, offer, render, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; so,

    vota,

    Verg. E. 5, 75; Just. 11, 10, 10:

    tura Lari,

    Tib. 1, 3, 34:

    liba deae,

    Ov. F. 6, 476:

    fumantia exta,

    Verg. G. 2, 194; Tac. H. 4, 53; cf.:

    graves poenas,

    i. e. to suffer, Sall. J. 14, 21:

    promissa viro,

    Verg. A. 5, 386 al.:

    tibi ego rationem reddam?

    will render an account, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6; so,

    rationem,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 114; Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 38;

    v. ratio: animam a pulmonibus respirare et reddere,

    to give off, exhale, id. N. D. 2, 54, 136; cf.:

    ut tibiae sonum reddunt,

    give forth, Quint. 11, 3, 20; so,

    sonum,

    id. 9, 4, 40; 66; Sen. Ep. 108; Hor. A. P. 348:

    vocem,

    Verg. A. 3, 40; 7, 95; 8, 217 (with mugiit); Hor. A. P. 158:

    stridorem,

    Ov. M. 11, 608:

    murmura,

    id. ib. 10, 702:

    flammam,

    Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 36 et saep.; so,

    alvum,

    Cels. 2, 12, 2:

    bilem,

    id. 7, 23:

    sanguinem,

    to vomit, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6 (just before:

    sanguinem rejecit): urinam,

    Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165:

    calculum,

    id. 28, 15, 61, § 217:

    catulum partu,

    Ov. M. 15, 379; cf.

    so of parturition,

    id. ib. 10, 513; id. H. 16, 46:

    fructum, quem reddunt praedia,

    yield, produce, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 75; Ov. P. 1, 5, 26; Col. 2, 16, 2; Pall. Febr. 9, 4; Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87; cf. Tib. 2, 6, 22; Quint. 12, 10, 25:

    generi nostro haec reddita est benignitas,

    is imparted to, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 27; cf.: nulla quies est [p. 1539] Reddita corporibus primis, Lucr. 2, 96. — Hence, poet., redditum esse, in gen., = factum esse, esse:

    una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis,

    which is given, belongs to the gods, Verg. A. 12, 817:

    quibus et color et sapor una reddita sunt cum odore,

    Lucr. 2, 681; cf. id. 2, 228 Munro ad loc.; Juv. 1, 93; Orell. ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 216:

    neque iis petentibus jus redditur,

    is dispensed, granted, Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    alicui jus,

    Quint. 11, 2, 50; cf.:

    alicui testimonium reddere industriae,

    id. 11, 1, 88:

    quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant,

    to yield, sacrifice, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89:

    quibus ille pro meritis... jura legesque reddiderat,

    had conferred upon it the power of self-jurisdiction, Caes. B. G. 7, 76; cf Liv. 9, 43, 23 Drak.:

    Lanuvinis sacra sua reddita,

    id. 8, 14:

    conubia,

    to bestow, grant, id. 4, 5:

    peccatis veniam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 75:

    nomina facto vera,

    to call by the right name, Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 36.— Hence,
    b.
    Jurid. t. t.:

    judicium,

    to appoint, grant, fix the time for a trial, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Quint. 7, 4, 43; Tac. A. 1, 72:

    jus,

    to administer justice, pronounce sentence, id. ib. 6, 11; 13, 51; id. H. 3, 68; id. G. 12; Suet. Vit. 9 et saep.—
    2.
    To give up, yield, abandon to one that which has not been taken away, but only threatened or in danger:

    Thermitanis urbem, agros legesque suas reddere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 37, § 90 ( = relinquere, id. ib. 2, 2, 36, §

    88): Orestis leges suae redditae,

    left undisturbed, Liv. 33, 34, 6; 9, 43, 23 (cf. restituere); 29, 21, 7.—
    3.
    To give back, pay back; hence, to take revenge for, punish, inflict vengeance for:

    per eum stare quominus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades,

    Liv. 24, 17, 7:

    reddidit hosti cladem,

    id. 24, 20, 2:

    redditaque aequa Cannensi clades,

    id. 27, 49, 5.—
    4.
    To give back in speech or writing, i. e.
    a.
    To translate, render (syn.:

    converto, transfero): cum ea, quae legeram Graece, Latine redderem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 155:

    verbum pro verbo,

    id. Opt. Gen. 5:

    verbo verbum,

    Hor. A. P. 133; cf. Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 54.—
    b.
    To repeat, declare, report, narrate, recite, rehearse (freq. in Quint.):

    ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis iisdem redderet, quibus cogitasset,

    Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. Quint. 10, 6, 3:

    sive paria (verba) paribus redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria,

    Cic. Or. 49, 164:

    reddere quae restant,

    id. Brut. 74, 258:

    tertium actum de pastionibus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1:

    nomina per ordinem audita,

    Quint. 11, 2, 23:

    causas corruptae eloquentiae,

    id. 8, 6, 76:

    quid cuique vendidissent,

    id. 11, 2, 24:

    dictata,

    to repeat, rehearse, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14; id. S. 2, 8, 80:

    carmen,

    to recite, deliver, id. C. 4, 6, 43:

    cum talia reddidit hospes,

    Ov. M. 6, 330; Lucr. 2, 179:

    causam,

    id. F. 1, 278:

    insigne exemplum suo loco,

    Tac. H. 4, 67.—
    c.
    To answer, reply ( poet.):

    veras audire et reddere voces,

    Verg. A. 1, 409; 6, 689:

    Aeneas contra cui talia reddit,

    id. ib. 10, 530;

    2, 323: auditis ille haec placido sic reddidit ore,

    id. ib. 11, 251 et saep.; cf.

    responsa,

    id. G. 3, 491:

    responsum,

    Liv. 38, 9; 3, 60; Verg. A. 6, 672.—
    5.
    To give back or render a thing according to its nature or qualities; to represent, imitate, express, resemble ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

    quas hominum reddunt facies,

    Lucr. 6, 812:

    faciem locorum,

    Ov. M. 6, 122; 7, 752:

    lux aemula vultum Reddidit,

    gave back, reflected, Stat. Achill. 2, 191:

    formam alicujus,

    Sil. 3, 634:

    et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas,

    Verg. A. 6, 768; cf.:

    jam Phoebe toto fratrem cum redderet orbe,

    Luc. 1, 538:

    paternam elegantiam in loquendo,

    Quint. 1, 1, 6; 6, 3, 107; cf.:

    odorem croci saporemque,

    i. e. to smell and taste like saffron, Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

    imaginem quandam uvae,

    id. 34, 12, 32, § 123:

    flammam excellentis purpurae et odorem maris,

    id. 35, 6, 27, § 46:

    Apelleā redditus arte Mentor,

    Mart. 11, 10, 2.—
    6.
    To give back, return a thing changed in some respect:

    senem illum Tibi dedo ulteriorem lepide ut lenitum reddas,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31; cf.:

    quas tu sapienter mihi reddidisti opiparas opera tua,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 4.— Hence, in gen.,
    7.
    To make or cause a thing to be or appear something or somehow; to render (very freq. and class.; cf.:

    facio, redigo): reddam ego te ex ferā fame mansuetem,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 19; id. Capt. 4, 2, 42:

    eam (servitutem) lenem reddere,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 1: tutiorem et opulentiorem vitam reddere, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

    haec itinera infesta reddiderat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

    aliquem insignem,

    Verg. A. 5, 705:

    obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est,

    dimmed by the disturbance of the water, Ov. M. 3, 476:

    homines ex feris et immanibus mites reddidit et mansuetos,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: omnes Catilinas Acidinos postea reddidit, has made all the Catilines seem to be Acidini, i. e. patriots, in comparison with himself, id. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    aliquid perfectum,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 109:

    aliquid effectum,

    to accomplish, id. Ps. 1, 3, 152; 1, 5, 116; 5, 2, 14:

    omne transactum,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 95:

    actum,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 90:

    dictum ac factum,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 12.— With ut and subj.:

    hic reddes omnia Quae sunt certa ei consilia incerta ut sient,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 15.— Pass. = fieri scripsit fasciculum illum epistularum totum sibi aquā madidum redditum esse, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 4; Just. 16, 4, 6; 22, 7, 2:

    per sudorem corpus tantum imbecillius redditur,

    Cels. 3, 3, 19; cf. Just. 29, 4, 3; 42, 5, 4; 44, 1, 10; Flor. 3, 5, 17; Val. Max. 4, 3 prooem.; Lact. 4, 26, 33.

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  • 26 cogito [1]

    1. cōgito, āvī, ātum, āre (eig. coigito, aus co = com u. agito), im Geiste (dah. auch mit dem Zusatz cum animo, in animo, secum) zusammenstellen, denken, I) im allg., etw. denken, s ich vorstellen, an etw. denken, auf etw. denken, sinnen, auf od. für etw. bedacht sein, etw. bedenken, berechnen, erwägen, über etwas nachdenken, a) absol. (Ggstz. facere, dicere): vis cogitandi, Quint.: cui vivere est cogitare, Cic.: qui cum cogitasset facere auderet et prius cogitare quam conari consuesset, Nep.: duas res non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest, Cic.: ita sum irritatus, animum ut nequeam ad cogitandum instituere, Ter.: alci (id) cogitandum dare, zu bedenken geben, Cic.: sprichw., non animo, sed auribus cogitant, Apul. de deo Socr. 19. – m. Ang. wie? durch Advv., c. acutissime, Cic.: callide, Nep.: stulte (Ggstz. stulte dicere), Quint.: si vere cogitare volumus (als Parenthese), die Sache richtig betrachtet, Cic. – u. sic cogitabam m. folg. Gedankenreihe in direkter Rede, s. Ter. Andr. 110: ebenso coepi egomet mecum sic cogitare, Sulpic. in Cic. ep. 4, 5, 4: u. sic cogitabam mit folg. indirekten Rede, Cic. Quint. 77: quo magis cogito cum meo animo m. direkter Rede ( si etc.), Plaut. most. 702. – b) m. Acc., u. zwar: α) m. Acc. rei: c. nihil abiectum, Cic.: nihil nisi triste, Cael. in Cic. ep.: diu omnia, Curt.: deus nihil aliud quam »Mihi pulchre est« cogitans, Cic.: si quid aliud attentius cogitet, Cic. – c. insulam Britanniam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: beneficia alcis, Cic.: nihil his in locis nisi saxa et montes, Cic.: ultima, sich das Schrecklichste vormalen, Amm.: eam rem sibi cogitandam et suscipiendam esse, Caes. – hoc tu facito cum animo cogites, Ter.: id potestis cum animis vestris cogitare, Cic.: quae in animo cogitat irata, Ter.: haec si voles in animo vere cogitare, Ter.: id, quod muliebri cogitabat animo, Liv.: semper secum c. pericula, damna, uxoris mortem, Ter.: sive quid mecum ipse cogito, sive aliquid aut scribo aut lego, Cic.: cogito ad verbum (meditiere Wort für Wort) nunc pauciora, nunc plura, Plin. ep.: animal non videtur, sed cogitatur, wird bloß gedacht, besteht bloß in der Vorstellung, Sen. – Partiz. cogitatus prägn. = durchdacht, wohl erwogen, res multum et diu cogitatae, Cic.: sapientis hominis cogitata ratio, Cic. – neutr. Partic. subst., das Gedachte, quo neque acutius ullius imperatoris cogitatum neque celerius factum usquam legimus, Nep. Dat. 6, 8. – bes. im Plur., das Gedachte, die Gedanken, optime ab ipso cogitata (Ggstz. male facta collegarum), Vell.: cogitata praeclare eloqui, Cic.: cogitata proloqui non posse, Ter.: u. ex quo et ex ceteris dictis, factis cogitatisque quivis potest intellegere etc., Cic. – β) m. Acc. pers., teils = sich jmd. denken, Catonem tantum (nur) c., Tac. dial. 2: Regulum cogita, Plin. ep. 4, 2, 2: matrem, patrem, propinquos tantum cogitasti, Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 22 extr.: mit dopp. Acc., quem ultimae gentes castiorem, moderatiorem, sanctiorem non modo viderunt, sed aut sperando umquam aut optando cogitarunt? Cic. Balb. 9. – teils = an jmd. denken, te vero, M. Scaure, equidem video, video inquam, non cogito solum, Cic. Scaur. 49: c. Scipionem, Laelium, Cic. de fin. 5, 2: et maiores et posteros cogitate, Tac. Agr. 32, 7: si principem cogitares, Plin. ep. 6, 31, 31: cum Persas et Orientem cogitaret, Flor. 2, 8, 2: iuvenis te quietam semper nominatus cogitatusque (indem du oft ihn nennst u. an ihn denkst) faciat, Sen. ad Marc. 3, 4: o felicem illum, qui non praesens tantum, sed etiam cogitatus (wenn man nur an ihn denkt) emendat, Sen. ep. 11, 9. – c) m. Acc. u. Infin.: uxor te amare cogitat, Ter.: cogitat assidue beatum esse se, Cic.: homines ea sibi accĭdere posse non cogitant, Cic.: fac memineris et cum animo tuo cogites G. Caesarem atrocissimo bello Gallico cum alia multa militaria, tum etiam duos de analogia libros scrupulosissimos scripsisse, Fronto de bell. Parth. p. 221, 8 N. – mit vorhergeh. allg. Acc., denique illud cogita: quod offensae fuerit in ista cunctatione, te subisse, Cael. in Cic. ep. – d) m. de u. Abl., u. zwar teils zugl. m. allg. Acc., nihil posse de dis immortalibus cogitare, Cic.: non de pace, sed de me ipso et de meo officio ut aliquid cogitet, Cic.: eadem de profectione cogitans, quae ante senserat, Caes. – teils absol. = denken an usw., nachdenken über usw., de deo, Cic.: de te et de Ser. Sulpicio cogitans, Cic.: cum de tuis cogitas, Cic.: mihi de rationibus tuis cogitanti, Cic. – u. = an etw. denken, auf etw. bedacht sein, de Scapulanis hortis toto pectore cogitemus, Cic.: c. spe atque animo de se et gloria sua, Cic.: toto animo de te ac de tuis commodis c., Cic.: de salute, non de victoria c., Cic. – e) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz: quid agam cogito, Ter.: cogita, qui sis, quo loco sis, Cic.: fac cogites in quanta calamitate sis, Sall.: nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quemadmodum uti victoriā deberent, cogitabant, Caes.: si cogitaverimus, unde et quousque provecta sit orandi facultas, Quint. – Ciceronem secum cogitasse, utrumne Brutum an Cassium peteret, Sen. suas. 6, 19. – cogitate cum animis vestris, si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis, labor ille a vobis cito recedet, Cato oratt. 5. fr. 1. b. Gell. 16, 1, 4: itaque diebus noctibusque cogito, si quā me quoque possim tollere humo, Plin. ep. 5, 8, 3. – f) mit ad u. Akk.: ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita, Cic. ep.: ut ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias, Ter.: quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit, Nep. – g) m. ut od. ne u. Konj., darauf denken = darauf od. dafür bedacht sein, das im Auge haben, neque iam, ut aliquid acquireret proelioque hostes lacesseret, sed ut incolumem exercitum Agedincum reduceret, cogitabat, Caes. b. G. 7, 59, 4 (u. so m. ut u. Konj. Cic. Tusc. 1, 32. Nep. Dion. 9, 2. Curt. 10, 6 [19], 8): ne quam occasionem rei bene gerendae dimitteret, cogitabat, Caes. b. G. 5, 57, 1. – h) m. pro u. Abl.: non minus pro adversa parte, quam pro mea cogitabam, Quint. 7, 1, 4. – i) elliptisch: ut (wie) saepe cogitavissent (verst. fieri), Caes. b. c. 3, 86, 5.

    II) insbes.: a) etw. ausdenken, quantum ille potuit cogitare commode (geschickt), Ter. heaut. prol. 14: et cogitavi plura quam reliquerat, Phaedr. 3. prol. 39: aliud agendum ac cogitandum, quo modo resistatur patribus, Liv. 2, 55, 2. – b) auf od. an etw. denken, auf etw. sinnen, etw. zu tun gedenken, = etw. beabsichtigen, vorhaben, im Sinne haben, Willens sein, α) m. Acc.: nihil cogitant nisi caedes, nisi incendia, Cic.: c. proscriptiones et dictaturas, Cic.: c. accusationem, Cic.: quod iam diu cogito, Cic. – m. Ang. mit wem? durch cum u. Abl., sunt qui mecum rem pulcherrimam cogitaverunt, Curt. 8, 7 (25), 9. – mit Ang. gegen wen? durch in od. adversus m. Akk., tantum nefas in alqm, Curt. 6, 7 (27), 30 u. 8, 6 (24), 3: si qua aut cogitarentur gravius adversus se aut dicerentur, Suet. Caes. 75, 4. – v. personif. lebl. Subjj., quid cogitet umidus auster, was der f. Au. im Schilde führe (Schlimmes bringe), Verg. georg. 1, 462. – dah. Partiz. cogitatus = beabsichtigt, gewollt, vorbedacht, facinus (Ggstz. facinus perfectum), Cic.: furores, Cic.: in noverca commissum stuprum et parricidium cogitatum, Val. Max.: utrum perturbatione aliqua animi, an consulto et cogitata fiat iniuria, Cic.: u. Partiz. n. pl. subst., das Gedachte = das Vorhaben, die Absichten, cogitata patefacere, Nep.: cogitata perficere, Cic. – β) m. Infin.: quid nunc facere cogitas? Ter.: qui nocere alteri cogitat, Cic.: impeditos in agmine adoriri cogitabant, Caes. – γ) m. de u. Abl.: magis de reliqua fuga quam de castrorum defensione, Caes.: de parricidio, de alcis interitu, Cic.: de reditu, Frontin.: de nuptiis, Apul.: de laqueo et suspendio, Val. Max.: de toto senatu trucidando, Sen.: cum de pernicie populi Romani et exitio huius urbis tam acerbe tamque crudeliter cogitarit, Cic. – v. personif. lebl. Subjj.: cum spiritus coepit de exitu cogitare, Sen. nat. qu. 6, 25, 1. – δ) elliptisch (im Briefstil), m. in od. ad u. Akk. od. m. bl. Acc. der Städtenamen = zu reisen, zu gehen gedenken (verst. iter facere, ire, proficisci), inde cogito in Tusculanum, deinde Arpinum, Romam ad Kal. Iun., Cic.: etiam Lepidus cras cogitabat, Cic.: inde ad Taurum cogitabam, Cic. – m. in u. Abl. = wo zu sein gedenken (verst. esse), eo die cogitabam in Anagnino, postero autem in Tusculano, Cic. – c) so u. so denken = so u. so gesinnt sein, m. Ang. wie? durch Advv., male c., Cic. u.a. – m. Ang. gegen wen? durch in u. Akk., si humaniter et sapienter et amabiliter in me cogitare vis, Cic. – m. Ang. in Betreff wessen? durch de m. Abl., male de alqo c., Cael. in Cic. ep.: si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis, Nep.

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  • 27 specto

    specto, āvī, ātum, āre (Frequent. v. specio), intr. u. tr. schauen = sehen, anschauen, ansehen, betrachten, I) eig.: A) im allg.: ut spectare aliquid velimus et visere, Cic.: spectat oculis devorantibus daucos, gafst lüstern an, Mart.: taceas, me spectes, Plaut.: ebenso specta me modo, Plaut.: specta, quam arte dormiunt, Plaut.: per flabellum, Ter.: alte, in die Höhe schauen, Cic., u. (bildl.) sich ein hohes Ziel setzen, Cic.: intro, Plaut.: huc ad me, Plaut.: ad dextram, Plaut.: in nos solos, Cic.: in humum, in caelum, Lact. (vgl. Bünem. Lact. 2, 1, 14): quoquo hic spectabit, Plaut.: lumbi sedendo mi oculi spectando dolent, Plaut.: spectatumne huc venimus? Liv. – impers., cum plausu congregari feros (pisces) ad cibum assuetudine in quibusdam vivariis spectatur, Plin. – B) insbes.: 1) ein Schauspiel od. einen Schauspieler sehen, ein Sch. mit ansehen, ihm zusehen, beiwohnen, Megalesia, Cic.: fabulam, ludos, Hor.: circenses, Suet.: pugiles, Suet.: spectavi comicos ad istum modum sapienter dicta dicere, Plaut.: absol., matronae tacitae spectent, Plaut.: ut Turpione Ambivio magis delectatur, qui in prima cavea spectat, delectatur tamen etiam, qui in ultima, Cic. – 2) prägn.: a) mit dem Nebenbegr. der Bewunderung = bewundernd anschauen, gaude quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem, Hor. – b) mit dem Nbbgr. des Prüfens, prüfend betrachten, prüfen, untersuchen, cui nunc hoc (argentum) dem spectandum scio, Plaut.: spectatur in ignibus aurum, Ov. – im Bilde, hunc igni spectatum arbitrantur, die Feuerprobe bestanden, Cic. – 3) übtr., v. Örtl. usw., nach einer Gegend hinsehen, gerichtet-, gelegen sein, ad orientem solem, Caes. u. bl. ad orientem, Vitr.: ad me idiem, Caes.: ad fretum, Cic.: in ventum favonium, Varro: in Etruriam, Liv.: vestigia omnia te adversum spectantia nulla retrorsum, Hor.: inter occasum solis et septemtriones, Caes.: solem occidentem et mare Siculum, Liv.: bl. orientem, Liv. u. Sall., occidentem, Curt.: prora spectat sepulcrum, ist hingekehrt nach usw., Liv. – dah. v. Völkerschaften, Belgae spectant in septemtriones, Caes. – II) bildl.: A) im allg.: sehen, besehen, betrachten, specta rem modo, doch warte nur (als Drohung), Plaut.: audaciam specta, Ter.: alterius spectare laborem, Lucr.: caeli signorum ordinem et pulchritudinem, Cic. fr.: voluptates procul sp. (Ggstz. propter intueri), Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) nach etwas hinsehen, -sich umsehen, etwas erwarten, nach etw. streben, trachten, sich wohin neigen, wohin zielen auf etwas Rücksicht nehmen, etw. berücksichtigen, a) v. Pers.: magna, Cic.: commune bonum, Lucr.: ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, Cic.: mores, Cic.: locum probandae virtutis suae, Caes.: fugam, Cic.: arma, an bewaffnete Abwehr denken, Curt.: u. so arma et rebellionem, Liv. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., (me) spectasse semper, ut possem etc., Cic. ep. 5, 8, 3: qui spectant, ut pueritia splendeat, Sen. ep. 122, 7. – mit folg. ad u. Akk., ad imperatorias laudes, Cic.: ad suam magis gloriam quam ad salutem rei publicae, Cic.: si ad vitulam spectas, Verg. – b) übtr. auf abstrakte Subjekte, sehen, wohin zielen, sich neigen, auf etw. sich beziehen (s. Bünem. Lact. 3, 12, 33), et prima et media verba spectare debent ad ultimum, Cic.: ad arma, ad seditionem rem spectare, es lasse sich zum Kr., zum Aufr. an, Liv.: u. so parva ex re ad rebellionem spectare res videbatur, Liv.: ad perniciem, Cic.: ad bene beateque vivendum, Cic.: ad religionem, ad ius, Cic.: spectat alqd eo od. huc, ut etc., Cic.: quo igitur haec spectat oratio? Cic.: quorsum haec spectat omnis oratio? Cic. – 2) beurteilen, erproben, alqm ex trunco corporis, Cic.: animum tuum ex animo spectavi meo, Ter.: non ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, Cic.: quod non tam studiose in nobis quam in histrionibus spectari puto, Cic.: in dubiis hominem spectare periclis, Lucr.

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  • 28 spero

    spēro, āvi, ātum, āre, etwas (Günstiges od. Ungünstiges) erwarten, vermuten, I) etwas Günstiges erwarten = hoffen, sich versprechen, auf etw. Aussicht haben, mit etw. sich schmeicheln (Ggstz. metuere, timere), bene od. recte, gute Hoffnung hegen, Cic. (u. so recte spero, es wird sich schon machen, Ter.): ut spero (als Parenthese), Cic.: fiet aliquid, spero, Ter. – de alqa re, Cic.: bene de alqo, Nep.: deos teque, auf die G. und auf dich, Plaut. – pacem, Cic.: victoriam ab alqo, Caes.: omnia ex victoria, Caes.: meliora, Cic.: quod sapienter speravimus, erwartet haben, Colum. – im Passiv, simul medio tempore plures nuntii sperabantur, Tac.: Germani, qui ab ipsis sperentur, Tac.: quo mitius imperium Romanum speraretur, Tac.: sperata praeda, Caes.: sperata gloria, Cic. u. Liv. – m. dopp. Acc., quem vel praecipuum adiutorem speraverat, auf dessen Beistand er gerabe gehofft hatte, Suet. Aug. 10, 2. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., und zwar gew. m. Infin. Futur., spero aeternam inter nos gratiam fore, Ter.: spero fore, ut etc., Cic.: sperare pro eius iustitia quae petierint impetraturos, Caes.: ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos, Cic.: u. im Passiv, legiones secuturae sperabantur, Tac.: plurimae gentes collaturae capita sperabantur, Amm. – seltener mit Infin. Praes. od. Perf., itaque alvom prodi speravit nobis salsis poculis, Plaut.: sperat se a me avellere (rus), Ter.: spero ex hoc ipso non esse obscurum, Cic.: neque ego hanc abscondere furto fugam speravi, hoffte, erwartete, Verg.: sperabam iam defervisse adulescentiam, Ter.: de nostra Tullia spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse, Cic.; quorum mentes nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat, Caes. – wie im Griech. m. folg. Subjektsatz, visura (= se visuram esse) et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, Prop. 2, 9, 7. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Liv. 34, 27, 3. Sen. contr. 9, 2 (25), 18. Sen. ad Polyb. 18 (37), 6. Iustin. 5, 3, 3 (aber Caes. b.c. 3, 85, 2 jetzt haec spectans, ut etc. [vgl. Nipperdey Quaest. Caes. p. 185] u. Q. Cic. de pet. cons. 18 ut habeant wahrsch. unecht). – Partiz. sperātus subst., a) sperātus, sperāta, der, die Ersehnte, von verlobten Personen, Bräutigam, Braut, Verlobter, Verlobte, Liebster, Liebste, Afran. com. fr. u. Plaut.: auch von Verheirateten, Amphitruo uxorem salutat speratam suam, Plaut. – b) sperāta ōrum, n., die gehegten Wünsche, die gehegte Hoffnung, contra od. praeter sperata, Amm. 24, 4, 19 u. 25, 7, 5: potiri sperata, ihre Hoffnungen verwirklicht sehen, Liv. 21, 45, 9. – II) wie ελπίζειν = etwas Ungünstiges erwarten, vermuten = fürchten, id quod non spero, Cic.: bellum, Flor.: deos, Verg.: hunc si potui sperare dolorem, et perferre potero, Verg. – m. Acc. u. Infin., haec spero vobis molesta videri, Cic.: sperans suorum ignaviā bellum trahi, Capit.: im Passiv, quae inedia (Hungersnot) per multas difficilesque causas iam adfore sperabatur, Amm. 14, 7, 5.

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  • 29 cogito

    1. cōgito, āvī, ātum, āre (eig. coigito, aus co = com u. agito), im Geiste (dah. auch mit dem Zusatz cum animo, in animo, secum) zusammenstellen, denken, I) im allg., etw. denken, s ich vorstellen, an etw. denken, auf etw. denken, sinnen, auf od. für etw. bedacht sein, etw. bedenken, berechnen, erwägen, über etwas nachdenken, a) absol. (Ggstz. facere, dicere): vis cogitandi, Quint.: cui vivere est cogitare, Cic.: qui cum cogitasset facere auderet et prius cogitare quam conari consuesset, Nep.: duas res non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest, Cic.: ita sum irritatus, animum ut nequeam ad cogitandum instituere, Ter.: alci (id) cogitandum dare, zu bedenken geben, Cic.: sprichw., non animo, sed auribus cogitant, Apul. de deo Socr. 19. – m. Ang. wie? durch Advv., c. acutissime, Cic.: callide, Nep.: stulte (Ggstz. stulte dicere), Quint.: si vere cogitare volumus (als Parenthese), die Sache richtig betrachtet, Cic. – u. sic cogitabam m. folg. Gedankenreihe in direkter Rede, s. Ter. Andr. 110: ebenso coepi egomet mecum sic cogitare, Sulpic. in Cic. ep. 4, 5, 4: u. sic cogitabam mit folg. indirekten Rede, Cic. Quint. 77: quo magis cogito cum meo animo m. direkter Rede ( si etc.), Plaut. most. 702. – b) m. Acc., u. zwar: α) m. Acc. rei: c. nihil abiectum, Cic.: nihil nisi triste, Cael. in Cic. ep.: diu omnia,
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    Curt.: deus nihil aliud quam »Mihi pulchre est« cogitans, Cic.: si quid aliud attentius cogitet, Cic. – c. insulam Britanniam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: beneficia alcis, Cic.: nihil his in locis nisi saxa et montes, Cic.: ultima, sich das Schrecklichste vormalen, Amm.: eam rem sibi cogitandam et suscipiendam esse, Caes. – hoc tu facito cum animo cogites, Ter.: id potestis cum animis vestris cogitare, Cic.: quae in animo cogitat irata, Ter.: haec si voles in animo vere cogitare, Ter.: id, quod muliebri cogitabat animo, Liv.: semper secum c. pericula, damna, uxoris mortem, Ter.: sive quid mecum ipse cogito, sive aliquid aut scribo aut lego, Cic.: cogito ad verbum (meditiere Wort für Wort) nunc pauciora, nunc plura, Plin. ep.: animal non videtur, sed cogitatur, wird bloß gedacht, besteht bloß in der Vorstellung, Sen. – Partiz. cogitatus prägn. = durchdacht, wohl erwogen, res multum et diu cogitatae, Cic.: sapientis hominis cogitata ratio, Cic. – neutr. Partic. subst., das Gedachte, quo neque acutius ullius imperatoris cogitatum neque celerius factum usquam legimus, Nep. Dat. 6, 8. – bes. im Plur., das Gedachte, die Gedanken, optime ab ipso cogitata (Ggstz. male facta collegarum), Vell.: cogitata praeclare eloqui, Cic.: cogitata proloqui non posse, Ter.: u. ex quo et ex ceteris dictis, factis cogitatisque quivis potest intellegere etc., Cic. – β) m. Acc. pers., teils = sich jmd. denken, Catonem tantum
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    (nur) c., Tac. dial. 2: Regulum cogita, Plin. ep. 4, 2, 2: matrem, patrem, propinquos tantum cogitasti, Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 22 extr.: mit dopp. Acc., quem ultimae gentes castiorem, moderatiorem, sanctiorem non modo viderunt, sed aut sperando umquam aut optando cogitarunt? Cic. Balb. 9. – teils = an jmd. denken, te vero, M. Scaure, equidem video, video inquam, non cogito solum, Cic. Scaur. 49: c. Scipionem, Laelium, Cic. de fin. 5, 2: et maiores et posteros cogitate, Tac. Agr. 32, 7: si principem cogitares, Plin. ep. 6, 31, 31: cum Persas et Orientem cogitaret, Flor. 2, 8, 2: iuvenis te quietam semper nominatus cogitatusque (indem du oft ihn nennst u. an ihn denkst) faciat, Sen. ad Marc. 3, 4: o felicem illum, qui non praesens tantum, sed etiam cogitatus (wenn man nur an ihn denkt) emendat, Sen. ep. 11, 9. – c) m. Acc. u. Infin.: uxor te amare cogitat, Ter.: cogitat assidue beatum esse se, Cic.: homines ea sibi accĭdere posse non cogitant, Cic.: fac memineris et cum animo tuo cogites G. Caesarem atrocissimo bello Gallico cum alia multa militaria, tum etiam duos de analogia libros scrupulosissimos scripsisse, Fronto de bell. Parth. p. 221, 8 N. – mit vorhergeh. allg. Acc., denique illud cogita: quod offensae fuerit in ista cunctatione, te subisse, Cael. in Cic. ep. – d) m. de u. Abl., u. zwar teils zugl. m. allg. Acc., nihil posse de dis immortalibus cogitare, Cic.: non de pace, sed de me ipso et de meo officio ut ali-
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    quid cogitet, Cic.: eadem de profectione cogitans, quae ante senserat, Caes. – teils absol. = denken an usw., nachdenken über usw., de deo, Cic.: de te et de Ser. Sulpicio cogitans, Cic.: cum de tuis cogitas, Cic.: mihi de rationibus tuis cogitanti, Cic. – u. = an etw. denken, auf etw. bedacht sein, de Scapulanis hortis toto pectore cogitemus, Cic.: c. spe atque animo de se et gloria sua, Cic.: toto animo de te ac de tuis commodis c., Cic.: de salute, non de victoria c., Cic. – e) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz: quid agam cogito, Ter.: cogita, qui sis, quo loco sis, Cic.: fac cogites in quanta calamitate sis, Sall.: nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quemadmodum uti victoriā deberent, cogitabant, Caes.: si cogitaverimus, unde et quousque provecta sit orandi facultas, Quint. – Ciceronem secum cogitasse, utrumne Brutum an Cassium peteret, Sen. suas. 6, 19. – cogitate cum animis vestris, si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis, labor ille a vobis cito recedet, Cato oratt. 5. fr. 1. b. Gell. 16, 1, 4: itaque diebus noctibusque cogito, si quā me quoque possim tollere humo, Plin. ep. 5, 8, 3. – f) mit ad u. Akk.: ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita, Cic. ep.: ut ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias, Ter.: quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit, Nep. – g) m. ut od. ne u. Konj., darauf denken = darauf od. dafür bedacht sein, das im Auge haben, neque iam, ut aliquid acquireret
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    proelioque hostes lacesseret, sed ut incolumem exercitum Agedincum reduceret, cogitabat, Caes. b. G. 7, 59, 4 (u. so m. ut u. Konj. Cic. Tusc. 1, 32. Nep. Dion. 9, 2. Curt. 10, 6 [19], 8): ne quam occasionem rei bene gerendae dimitteret, cogitabat, Caes. b. G. 5, 57, 1. – h) m. pro u. Abl.: non minus pro adversa parte, quam pro mea cogitabam, Quint. 7, 1, 4. – i) elliptisch: ut (wie) saepe cogitavissent (verst. fieri), Caes. b. c. 3, 86, 5.
    II) insbes.: a) etw. ausdenken, quantum ille potuit cogitare commode (geschickt), Ter. heaut. prol. 14: et cogitavi plura quam reliquerat, Phaedr. 3. prol. 39: aliud agendum ac cogitandum, quo modo resistatur patribus, Liv. 2, 55, 2. – b) auf od. an etw. denken, auf etw. sinnen, etw. zu tun gedenken, = etw. beabsichtigen, vorhaben, im Sinne haben, Willens sein, α) m. Acc.: nihil cogitant nisi caedes, nisi incendia, Cic.: c. proscriptiones et dictaturas, Cic.: c. accusationem, Cic.: quod iam diu cogito, Cic. – m. Ang. mit wem? durch cum u. Abl., sunt qui mecum rem pulcherrimam cogitaverunt, Curt. 8, 7 (25), 9. – mit Ang. gegen wen? durch in od. adversus m. Akk., tantum nefas in alqm, Curt. 6, 7 (27), 30 u. 8, 6 (24), 3: si qua aut cogitarentur gravius adversus se aut dicerentur, Suet. Caes. 75, 4. – v. personif. lebl. Subjj., quid cogitet umidus auster, was der f. Au. im Schilde führe (Schlimmes bringe), Verg. georg. 1, 462. – dah. Par-
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    tiz. cogitatus = beabsichtigt, gewollt, vorbedacht, facinus (Ggstz. facinus perfectum), Cic.: furores, Cic.: in noverca commissum stuprum et parricidium cogitatum, Val. Max.: utrum perturbatione aliqua animi, an consulto et cogitata fiat iniuria, Cic.: u. Partiz. n. pl. subst., das Gedachte = das Vorhaben, die Absichten, cogitata patefacere, Nep.: cogitata perficere, Cic. – β) m. Infin.: quid nunc facere cogitas? Ter.: qui nocere alteri cogitat, Cic.: impeditos in agmine adoriri cogitabant, Caes. – γ) m. de u. Abl.: magis de reliqua fuga quam de castrorum defensione, Caes.: de parricidio, de alcis interitu, Cic.: de reditu, Frontin.: de nuptiis, Apul.: de laqueo et suspendio, Val. Max.: de toto senatu trucidando, Sen.: cum de pernicie populi Romani et exitio huius urbis tam acerbe tamque crudeliter cogitarit, Cic. – v. personif. lebl. Subjj.: cum spiritus coepit de exitu cogitare, Sen. nat. qu. 6, 25, 1. – δ) elliptisch (im Briefstil), m. in od. ad u. Akk. od. m. bl. Acc. der Städtenamen = zu reisen, zu gehen gedenken (verst. iter facere, ire, proficisci), inde cogito in Tusculanum, deinde Arpinum, Romam ad Kal. Iun., Cic.: etiam Lepidus cras cogitabat, Cic.: inde ad Taurum cogitabam, Cic. – m. in u. Abl. = wo zu sein gedenken (verst. esse), eo die cogitabam in Anagnino, postero autem in Tusculano, Cic. – c) so u. so denken = so u. so gesinnt sein, m. Ang. wie? durch Advv., male c., Cic. u.a. – m. Ang. gegen wen?
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    durch in u. Akk., si humaniter et sapienter et amabiliter in me cogitare vis, Cic. – m. Ang. in Betreff wessen? durch de m. Abl., male de alqo c., Cael. in Cic. ep.: si quid amice de Romanis cogitabis, Nep.
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    2. cōgito, āre (Intens. v. cogo), I) zusammenziehen, milites, Treb. Poll. 14, 7. – u. einberufen, berufen, quod iudex alius cogitabatur, Amm. 23, 6, 82 codd. VP (Gardth. cogebatur). – II) = ἀναγκάζω, nötigen, m. Infin., num praecellit vinum? quis sic cogitat facere, Vulg. 3. Esdr. 3, 24.

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  • 30 specto

    specto, āvī, ātum, āre (Frequent. v. specio), intr. u. tr. schauen = sehen, anschauen, ansehen, betrachten, I) eig.: A) im allg.: ut spectare aliquid velimus et visere, Cic.: spectat oculis devorantibus daucos, gafst lüstern an, Mart.: taceas, me spectes, Plaut.: ebenso specta me modo, Plaut.: specta, quam arte dormiunt, Plaut.: per flabellum, Ter.: alte, in die Höhe schauen, Cic., u. (bildl.) sich ein hohes Ziel setzen, Cic.: intro, Plaut.: huc ad me, Plaut.: ad dextram, Plaut.: in nos solos, Cic.: in humum, in caelum, Lact. (vgl. Bünem. Lact. 2, 1, 14): quoquo hic spectabit, Plaut.: lumbi sedendo mi oculi spectando dolent, Plaut.: spectatumne huc venimus? Liv. – impers., cum plausu congregari feros (pisces) ad cibum assuetudine in quibusdam vivariis spectatur, Plin. – B) insbes.: 1) ein Schauspiel od. einen Schauspieler sehen, ein Sch. mit ansehen, ihm zusehen, beiwohnen, Megalesia, Cic.: fabulam, ludos, Hor.: circenses, Suet.: pugiles, Suet.: spectavi comicos ad istum modum sapienter dicta dicere, Plaut.: absol., matronae tacitae spectent, Plaut.: ut Turpione Ambivio magis delectatur, qui in prima cavea spectat, delectatur tamen etiam, qui in ultima, Cic. – 2) prägn.: a) mit dem Nebenbegr. der Bewunderung = bewundernd anschauen, gaude quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem, Hor. – b) mit dem Nbbgr. des Prüfens, prüfend betrachten, prüfen,
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    untersuchen, cui nunc hoc (argentum) dem spectandum scio, Plaut.: spectatur in ignibus aurum, Ov. – im Bilde, hunc igni spectatum arbitrantur, die Feuerprobe bestanden, Cic. – 3) übtr., v. Örtl. usw., nach einer Gegend hinsehen, gerichtet-, gelegen sein, ad orientem solem, Caes. u. bl. ad orientem, Vitr.: ad me idiem, Caes.: ad fretum, Cic.: in ventum favonium, Varro: in Etruriam, Liv.: vestigia omnia te adversum spectantia nulla retrorsum, Hor.: inter occasum solis et septemtriones, Caes.: solem occidentem et mare Siculum, Liv.: bl. orientem, Liv. u. Sall., occidentem, Curt.: prora spectat sepulcrum, ist hingekehrt nach usw., Liv. – dah. v. Völkerschaften, Belgae spectant in septemtriones, Caes. – II) bildl.: A) im allg.: sehen, besehen, betrachten, specta rem modo, doch warte nur (als Drohung), Plaut.: audaciam specta, Ter.: alterius spectare laborem, Lucr.: caeli signorum ordinem et pulchritudinem, Cic. fr.: voluptates procul sp. (Ggstz. propter intueri), Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) nach etwas hinsehen, -sich umsehen, etwas erwarten, nach etw. streben, trachten, sich wohin neigen, wohin zielen auf etwas Rücksicht nehmen, etw. berücksichtigen, a) v. Pers.: magna, Cic.: commune bonum, Lucr.: ea quae sunt in usu vitaque communi, Cic.: mores, Cic.: locum probandae virtutis suae, Caes.: fugam, Cic.: arma, an bewaffnete Abwehr denken, Curt.: u. so arma et rebellionem, Liv. – m. folg.
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    ut u. Konj., (me) spectasse semper, ut possem etc., Cic. ep. 5, 8, 3: qui spectant, ut pueritia splendeat, Sen. ep. 122, 7. – mit folg. ad u. Akk., ad imperatorias laudes, Cic.: ad suam magis gloriam quam ad salutem rei publicae, Cic.: si ad vitulam spectas, Verg. – b) übtr. auf abstrakte Subjekte, sehen, wohin zielen, sich neigen, auf etw. sich beziehen (s. Bünem. Lact. 3, 12, 33), et prima et media verba spectare debent ad ultimum, Cic.: ad arma, ad seditionem rem spectare, es lasse sich zum Kr., zum Aufr. an, Liv.: u. so parva ex re ad rebellionem spectare res videbatur, Liv.: ad perniciem, Cic.: ad bene beateque vivendum, Cic.: ad religionem, ad ius, Cic.: spectat alqd eo od. huc, ut etc., Cic.: quo igitur haec spectat oratio? Cic.: quorsum haec spectat omnis oratio? Cic. – 2) beurteilen, erproben, alqm ex trunco corporis, Cic.: animum tuum ex animo spectavi meo, Ter.: non ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, Cic.: quod non tam studiose in nobis quam in histrionibus spectari puto, Cic.: in dubiis hominem spectare periclis, Lucr.

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  • 31 spero

    spēro, āvi, ātum, āre, etwas (Günstiges od. Ungünstiges) erwarten, vermuten, I) etwas Günstiges erwarten = hoffen, sich versprechen, auf etw. Aussicht haben, mit etw. sich schmeicheln (Ggstz. metuere, timere), bene od. recte, gute Hoffnung hegen, Cic. (u. so recte spero, es wird sich schon machen, Ter.): ut spero (als Parenthese), Cic.: fiet aliquid, spero, Ter. – de alqa re, Cic.: bene de alqo, Nep.: deos teque, auf die G. und auf dich, Plaut. – pacem, Cic.: victoriam ab alqo, Caes.: omnia ex victoria, Caes.: meliora, Cic.: quod sapienter speravimus, erwartet haben, Colum. – im Passiv, simul medio tempore plures nuntii sperabantur, Tac.: Germani, qui ab ipsis sperentur, Tac.: quo mitius imperium Romanum speraretur, Tac.: sperata praeda, Caes.: sperata gloria, Cic. u. Liv. – m. dopp. Acc., quem vel praecipuum adiutorem speraverat, auf dessen Beistand er gerabe gehofft hatte, Suet. Aug. 10, 2. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., und zwar gew. m. Infin. Futur., spero aeternam inter nos gratiam fore, Ter.: spero fore, ut etc., Cic.: sperare pro eius iustitia quae petierint impetraturos, Caes.: ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos, Cic.: u. im Passiv, legiones secuturae sperabantur, Tac.: plurimae gentes collaturae capita sperabantur, Amm. – seltener mit Infin. Praes. od. Perf., itaque alvom prodi speravit nobis salsis poculis,
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    Plaut.: sperat se a me avellere (rus), Ter.: spero ex hoc ipso non esse obscurum, Cic.: neque ego hanc abscondere furto fugam speravi, hoffte, erwartete, Verg.: sperabam iam defervisse adulescentiam, Ter.: de nostra Tullia spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse, Cic.; quorum mentes nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat, Caes. – wie im Griech. m. folg. Subjektsatz, visura (= se visuram esse) et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, Prop. 2, 9, 7. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Liv. 34, 27, 3. Sen. contr. 9, 2 (25), 18. Sen. ad Polyb. 18 (37), 6. Iustin. 5, 3, 3 (aber Caes. b.c. 3, 85, 2 jetzt haec spectans, ut etc. [vgl. Nipperdey Quaest. Caes. p. 185] u. Q. Cic. de pet. cons. 18 ut habeant wahrsch. unecht). – Partiz. sperātus subst., a) sperātus, sperāta, der, die Ersehnte, von verlobten Personen, Bräutigam, Braut, Verlobter, Verlobte, Liebster, Liebste, Afran. com. fr. u. Plaut.: auch von Verheirateten, Amphitruo uxorem salutat speratam suam, Plaut. – b) sperāta ōrum, n., die gehegten Wünsche, die gehegte Hoffnung, contra od. praeter sperata, Amm. 24, 4, 19 u. 25, 7, 5: potiri sperata, ihre Hoffnungen verwirklicht sehen, Liv. 21, 45, 9. – II) wie ελπίζειν = etwas Ungünstiges erwarten, vermuten = fürchten, id quod non spero, Cic.: bellum, Flor.: deos, Verg.: hunc si potui sperare dolorem, et perferre potero, Verg. – m. Acc. u. Infin., haec spero vobis molesta videri, Cic.: sperans suorum ignaviā
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    bellum trahi, Capit.: im Passiv, quae inedia (Hungersnot) per multas difficilesque causas iam adfore sperabatur, Amm. 14, 7, 5.

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  • 32 et

       et adv.    and conj.    I. adv., adding to a fact or thought, also, too, besides, moreover, likewise, as well, even: Ph. vale. Pa. et tu bene vale, T.: ‘tu tuom negotium gessisti bene.’ Gere et tu tuom bene: et Caelius profectus... pervenit, Cs.: et alia acies fundit Sabinos, L.: nam et testimonium saepe dicendum est: qui bellum gesserint, quom et regis inimici essent: id te et nunc rogo: Romulus et ipse arma tollens, L.: amisso et ipse Pacoro, Ta.: spatium non tenent tantum, sed et implent, Ta.—    II. As conj, and, as the simplest connective of words or clauses: cum constemus ex animo et corpore: dixerat et conripiunt spatium, V.: Xerxes et duo Artaxerxes, Macrochir et Mnemon, N.—After a negat., but: portūs capere non potuerunt, et infra delatae sunt, Cs.—After an emphatic word: hoc et erit simile, etc. (i. e. et hoc): Danaūm et... Ut caderem meruisse manu (i. e. et meruisse ut Danaūm manu cederem), V.: vagus et sinistrā Labitur ripā, H. — Regularly, either et introduces the second and each following word or clause, or no connective is used: Alco et Melampus et Tmolus, Alco, Melampus and Tmolus: et ipse bonus vir fuit, et multi Epicurei et fuerunt et hodie sunt et in amicitiis fideles et in omni vitā constantes et graves: Signini fuere et Norbani Saticulanique et Fregellani et Lucerini et, etc. (sixteen times), L.: sequebantur C. Carbo, C. Cato, et minime tum quidem Gaius frater, etc. —But the rule is often violated: consulibus, praetoribus, tribunis pl. et nobis... negotium dederat: fuere autem C. Duellius P. Decius Mus M. Papirius Q. Publilius et T. Aemilius, L.: abi, quaere et refer, H.: It, redit et narrat, H.—After multi, plurimi, tot (where no conj. is used in English): multae et magnae Cogitationes, many great thoughts: plurima et flagitiosissuma facinora, S.: tot et tantae et tam graves civitates.—Repeated, both... and, as well... as, on the one hand... on the other, not only... but also: et haec et alia: et in circo et in foro: Iovis Et soror et coniunx, V.: et publice et privatim: et est et semper fuit: et oratio et voluntas et auctoritas, as well... as... and.—The second or last et often introduces a climax, both... and in particular: homo et in aliis causis versatus et in hac multum versatus.— Corresponding with neque, both... and not, both not... and: via et certa neque longa: nec sapienter et me invito facit, both unwisely and against my protest: quia et consul aberat nec facile erat, etc., L.—Corresponding with -que, deinde, tum, instead of another et: et Epaminondas cecinisse dicitur, Themistoclesque, etc.: uti seque et oppidum tradat, S.: tela hastaque et gladius, L.: et in ceteris... tum maxime in celeritate: et publicani... deinde ex ceteris ordinibus homines.—After a negative, uniting two words or phrases: non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem sententiam: Nec pietate fuit nec bello maior et armis, V.—Uniting two words which form one conception: habere ad Catilinam mandata et litteras: pateris libamus et auro, V.: cernes urbem et promissa Moenia, V.: omnium artium ratio et disciplina, systematic cultivation: quam (medicinam) adfert longinquitas et dies, time: crescit oratio et facultas (i. e. dicendi facultas): a similitudine et inertiā Gallorum separari, from resembling their lack of enterprise, Ta.—Et non, and not, instead of neque: patior, iudices, et non moleste fero: exempla quaerimus et ea non antiqua: uti opus intermitteretur et milites contineri non possent, Cs.: pro decore tantum et non pro salute, L.: tantummodo in urbe et non per totam Italiam, S.: me ista curasse et non inrisisse potius, etc.; cf. otioso vero et nihil agenti privato: temere et nullo consilio: heredes sui cuique liberi, et nullum testamentum, Ta. — Adding a general to a special term, or a whole to one or more parts, and the rest, and all: Chrysippus et Stoici, and the Stoics in general: ad victum et ad vitam: procul ab Syracusis Siciliāque, L.—Adding a special to a general term, or a part to a whole, and in particular, and especially: si te et tuas cogitationes et studia perspexeris: tris (navīs) In brevia et Syrtīs urguet, V.: regnum et diadema, H. — Adding an explanation or enlargement of the thought, and indeed, and in fact, and moreover, and that, and besides: errabas, Verres, et vehementer errabas: hostis et hostis nimis ferus: cum hostis in Italiā esset, et Hannibal hostis, L.: te enim iam appello, et eā voce, ut, etc.: id, et facile, effici posse, N.: et domi quidem causam amoris habuisti: pictores, et vero etiam poëtae.—Introducing a parenthesis: ad praetorem— et ipse ita iubebat—est deductus, L.—Adding a result after an imper, and then, and so: Dic quibus in terris, et eris mihi magnus Apollo, V.—Introducing a strongly contrasted thought, and yet, and in spite of this, and... possibly, but still, but: et dubitas, quin sensus in morte nullus sit?: animo non deficiam et id perferam: in amicitiā nihil fictum (est), et quicquid est, id est verum.—After an expression of time, introducing a contemporaneous fact, and, and then, when, as: haec eodem tempore referebantur, et legati veniebant, Cs.: eādem horā Interamnae fuerat et Romae: simul consul de hostium adventu cognovit, et hostes aderant, S.—Introducing an immediate sequence in time, and then, when: Tantum effatus et in verbo vestigia torsit, V.: vixdum ad se pervenisse et audisse, etc., L.—Introducing the second term of a comparison, as, than, and: Nunc mihi germanu's pariter animo et corpore, T.: quod aeque promptum est mihi et adversario meo: haudquaquam par gloria sequitur scriptorem et actorem, S.: aliter docti et indocti.—Adversative, but, yet: gravis, severus, et saepius misericors, Ta.: magna corpora et tantum ad impetum valida, Ta.
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    and, and even; also, even; (et... et = both... and)

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  • 33 contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

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

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

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

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

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

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

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 34 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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  • 35 doceo

    dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

    pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

    hunc hominem cursuram,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

    aliquem artem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

    aliquem litteras,

    id. Pis. 30:

    aliquem ejusmodi rem,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    pueros elementa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

    is reliqua frustra docetur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

    doctus militiam,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

    docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

    equi variare gyros docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

    ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

    Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

    Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

    de ejus injuriis judices docere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    aliquem de aliqua re,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

    doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

    coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

    aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

    also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

    Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

    docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

    cum doceo et explano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

    also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.
    II.
    In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

    minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

    Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

    doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

    adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

    id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

    fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

    docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

    Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

    nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

    Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

    fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

    Verg. A. 10, 225:

    legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

    Gell. 13, 12, 1:

    sagittarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

    artis lanificae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

    (Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

    dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    omnia,

    Stat. Th. 2, 692:

    litteras,

    Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

    doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

    ad delinquendum doctior,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

    in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

    id. H. 21, 182:

    Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

    more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

    docta puella,

    Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

    2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

    Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

    Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

    Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

    doctus in se semper divitias habet,

    Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—
    2.
    Of things as subjects:

    frontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

    tibia,

    Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

    carmina,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    vox,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

    voces Pythagoreorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    sermo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

    prece,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

    manus artificis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

    falx,

    Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—
    B.
    In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

    malum, callidum, doctum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

    also, dolus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.
    1.
    Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—
    2.
    Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

    docte et sapienter dicis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

    docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    docte sapere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

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  • 36 docti

    dŏcĕo, cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. [root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskô; Lat. disco], to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    In gen., with double acc. of person and thing:

    pejor magister te istaec docuit... illa, quae te docui,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 55:

    hunc hominem cursuram,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 9:

    aliquem artem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54:

    aliquem litteras,

    id. Pis. 30:

    aliquem ejusmodi rem,

    id. Quint. 25, 79:

    pueros elementa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.— Pass., with acc. rei:

    is reliqua frustra docetur,

    Quint. 4, 2, 90; 1, 5, 11; 3, 8, 70; 6, 2, 3; Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; id. S. 1, 6, 76 et saep.; cf.: doctus dogmam, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 679 fin. P.; and:

    doctus militiam,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 40, p. 224 ed. Gerl.—With inf.:

    docemur auctoritate domitas habere libidines,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; 1, 57, 244; id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

    docemur disputare, non vivere (= discimus),

    Sen. Ep. 95, 13:

    equi variare gyros docentur,

    Tac. G. 6; Sall. J. 85, 33; Nep. Epam. 2, 1; Liv. 21, 3, 6.—With acc. pers. and inf.:

    ut doceam Rullum posthac in iis saltem tacere rebus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 4, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 91; id. Ep. 1, 14, 30 al.; cf. ellipt. with abl. of instrument:

    Socratem fidibus (sc. canere),

    Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    aliquem docendum curare equo, armisque,

    Liv. 29, 1, 8; Zumpt, § 391 fin. —With acc. pers. and de, to instruct or inform one of:

    de ejus injuriis judices docere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51:

    aliquem de aliqua re,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26; 44, 127; id. de Or. 2, 24, 102; Sall. J. 13, 3 al. —With acc. pers. and rel. clause:

    doceant eum, qui vir Sex. Roscius fuerit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 8, 2, 2; id. Fam. 3, 6, 5; 5, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 20 al.—With acc. pers.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; id. Div. 2, 2; id. de Sen. 9, 29; Quint. 2, 5, 13; Hor. S. 2, 2, 50; id. Ep. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—With acc. rei:

    coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare, ita uti si esset filia,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 37; so,

    aliquid,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.; Quint. 7, 10, 10; 9, 4, 137; Hor. A. P. 306 et saep.; cf.

    also: quod de lacu Albano docuisset,

    Liv. 5, 15; so with two acc., Caes. B. G. 7, 10, 3; Cic. Clu. 70, 198.—With acc. and inf.:

    docui per litteras, id nec opus esse nec fieri posse,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8; Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 7; 5, 28, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 43; Hor. S. 2, 3, 63 et saep.— Absol.:

    cum doceo et explano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 82; id. Or. 42, 143; Quint. 3, 4, 15; 3, 5, 2 et saep.; cf.

    also: Tyrannio docet apud me,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 fin.
    II.
    In partic.: fabulam, like the Gr. didaskein, qs. to teach a play to the actors, to rehearse; hence, to produce, exhibit on the stage:

    minor fuit aliquanto is, qui primus fabulam dedit, quam ii, qui multas docuerant (Plautus et Naevius),

    Cic. Brut. 18, 73; id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; Hor. A. P. 288; Gell. 17, 21, 42.—Hence, doctus, a, um, P. a., learned, skilled, versed, experienced in any thing (cf.: litteratus, eruditus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).— Absol.:

    doctus vir et Graecis litteris eruditus,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 114; cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 74, 299:

    adolescentes humanissimi et doctissimi,

    id. Cael. 10, 24.—With ex:

    fuit enim doctus ex disciplina Stoicorum,

    Cic. Brut. 25.—With abl.:

    docti et Graecis litteris et Latinis,

    Cic. Brut. 46; 45 fin.; Sall. C. 25, 2; Mart. 10, 76. —With adv.:

    nec minus Graece quam Latine doctus,

    Suet. Gram. 7.—With gen.:

    fandi doctissima Cymodocea,

    Verg. A. 10, 225:

    legum atque morum populi Romani jurisque civilis,

    Gell. 13, 12, 1:

    sagittarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 11:

    artis lanificae,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 381.—With acc.:

    (Maecenas) docte sermones utriusque linguae,

    Hor. C. 3, 8, 5:

    dulces modos (with citharae sciens),

    id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

    omnia,

    Stat. Th. 2, 692:

    litteras,

    Gell. 19, 9, 7.—With inf.:

    doctus sagittas tendere Sericas,

    Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; 3, 6, 38; 4, 13, 7; id. Carm. Sec. 75 et saep.—With ad or in:

    ad delinquendum doctior,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 256:

    in parum fausto carmine docta fui,

    id. H. 21, 182:

    Sapphica puella Musa doctior,

    more skilled in song, Cat. 35, 17:

    docta puella,

    Prop. 1, 7, 11; 2, 11, 6 (3, 2, 6 M.);

    2, 13, 11 (3, 4, 11 M.).—Esp. as epithet of Catullus by other poets,

    Tib. 3, 6, 41; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 62:

    Verona docti syllabas amat vatis,

    Mart. 1, 61, 1; Ov. A. A. 2, 181.—As subst.: doctus, the man of skill.—Prov.:

    doctus in se semper divitias habet,

    Phaedr. 4, 21, 1; but class. only in plur.: doctī, ōrum, m., the learned:

    doctorum est ista consuetudo,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17 et saep.—
    2.
    Of things as subjects:

    frontes,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 29:

    tibia,

    Prop. 2, 30, 16 (3, 28, 16 M.):

    carmina,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20; cf.

    vox,

    Ov. P. 2, 5, 52:

    voces Pythagoreorum,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:

    sermo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 3:

    prece,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

    manus artificis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 12; cf. id. 2, 1, 70; Ov. F. 3, 832; 6, 792:

    falx,

    Prop. 2, 19, 12 (3, 12, 12 M.) et saep.—
    B.
    In Plaut. and Ter., knowing, cunning, shrewd, subtle:

    malum, callidum, doctum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43; id. Most. 1, 3, 122; 5, 1, 24 et saep.; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 6; id. Eun. 4, 7, 21; cf.

    also, dolus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 69; id. Ps. 1, 5, 70 al.— docte, adv.
    1.
    Learnedly, skilfully (very rare; not in Cic.).— Comp., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33; Mart. 7, 46.— Sup., Sall. J. 95, 3.—
    2.
    Cunningly, shrewdly, cleverly:

    docte et sapienter dicis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 23:

    docte tibi illam perdoctam dabo,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 103; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    docte sapere,

    id. Mil. 3, 1, 162; id. Most. 5, 1, 21 et saep.— Comp., Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 99.

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  • 37 Hercules

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 38 Herculiani

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 39 Herculius

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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  • 40 me hercule

    Hercŭles, is and i (the latter in Cic. Ac. 2, 34, 108 Goer.; cf. Plin. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.:

    Herculei,

    Cat. 55, 13), m., = Hêraklês, Etrusc. HERCLE (whence, by the insertion of a connecting vowel, the Latin form arose; cf. Alcumena for Alkmênê; v. also under B. the voc. hercle), son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength, and the guardian of riches, to whom, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses (Musagetes); the poplar was sacred to him, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 564; Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80; 2, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 364; 9, 13 sq.; Hor. C. 3, 14, 1; 4, 5, 36; Suet. Aug. 29; cf. with Ov. F. 6, 797 sq.:

    neque Herculi quisquam decumam vovit umquam, si sapiens factus esset,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    superavit aerumnis suis aerumnas Herculis,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 2: Herculis Columnae, the Pillars of Hercules, i. e. the promontories between which is the Strait of Gibraltar, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; Curt. 10, 1, 8 et saep.—In gen. plur.:

    et Herculum et Mercuriorum disciplinae,

    Tert. Spect. 11 fin. —Prov.: Herculi quaestum conterere, i. e. to squander everything (even the tithes of Hercules), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68:

    personam Herculis et cothurnos aptare infantibus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 36.—
    B.
    Transf., analog. with the Greek Hêrakleis and Hêrakles, in voc. hercŭles, and more freq. hercŭle or hercle; also with a prefixed me: mĕ-hercŭles, mehercŭle (also separately: me hercule), and mĕhercle, as an oath or asseveration, by Hercules!
    (α).
    Hercules and mehercules:

    et, hercules, hae quidem exstant,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 61; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 1; Poll. ib. 10, 33, 7:

    licet, hercules, undique omnes in me terrores impendeant,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31; Vell. 2, 52, 2:

    neque, mehercules, hoc indigne fero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 141:

    cui, mehercules, hic multum tribuit,

    id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    at, mehercules, narrabit quod quis voluerit,

    Phaedr. 3, 17, 8.—
    (β).
    Hercule and mehercule, by Hercules! (in class. prose most freq.; cf.

    also: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causa liceret: et pomeridianas quadrigas quam postmeridianas libentius dixerim, et mehercule quam mehercules,

    Cic. Or. 47, 157):

    et hercule ita fecit,

    id. Lael. 11, 37:

    et hercule,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 2; Quint. 2, 5, 4; 2, 16, 12; 10, 2, 3;

    12, 6, 4 al.: ac me quidem, ut hercule etiam te ipsum, Laeli, cognitio ipsa rerum delectat,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

    non hercule, Scipio, dubito quin, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 23; id. Quint. 3, 13; id. Att. 2, 7, 3:

    sed hercule facile patior datum tempus, in quo, etc.,

    id. ib. 16, 16, C, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 7; 12, 1, 7:

    atqui nactus es, sed me hercule otiosiorem opera quam animo,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9:

    dicam me hercule,

    id. ib. 1, 19:

    non me hercule, inquit,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    non mehercule,

    Quint. 6, 1, 43; 6, 3, 74:

    cognoscere me hercule, inquit, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 48 Mai. N. cr.:

    ita mehercule attendi, nec satis intellexi, etc.,

    id. Leg. 3, 14, 33 Mos. N. cr.; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:

    vere mehercule hoc dicam,

    id. Planc. 26, 64: et mehercule ego antea mirari solebam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 33; id. Att. 5, 16, 3:

    mihi mehercule magnae curae est aedilitas tua,

    id. Fam. 2, 11, 2:

    servi mehercule mei, si me isto pacto metuerent, etc.,

    id. Cat. 1, 7, 17.—
    (γ).
    Hercle and mehercle (the former esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; the latter very rare): malo hercle magno suo convivat, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 22 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

    obsecro hercle, quantus et quam validus est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 143; id. ib. 173:

    tanto hercle melior,

    id. Bacch. 2, 2, 33:

    mihi quidem hercle non fit verisimile,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 20:

    nescio hercle,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 13; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 87:

    perii hercle,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 66; 5, 6, 14; id. Heaut. 4, 4, 14:

    non hercle,

    id. Phorm. 5, 7, 76:

    per hercle rem mirandam (i. e. permirandam) Aristoteles dicit,

    Gell. 3, 6, 1.—With intensive particles:

    heu hercle,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 41:

    scite hercle sane,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; cf.:

    sane quidem hercle,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

    minime, minime hercle vero!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23; cf.:

    minime hercle,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 30:

    haudquaquam hercle, Crasse, mirandum est, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 22, 82:

    pulchre mehercle dictum et sapienter,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26; 1, 1, 22.
    II.
    Derivv.
    A.
    Hercŭlĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hercules, Herculean:

    domiti Herculea manu Telluris juvenes,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 6:

    labor,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 36:

    coronae arbos,

    i. e. the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66; cf.:

    umbra populi,

    id. A. 8, 276:

    leo,

    the lion's skin worn by Hercules, Val. Fl. 1, 263:

    Oete,

    on which Hercules burned himself, Luc. 3, 178:

    hospes,

    i. e. Croto, by whom Hercules was hospitably entertained, Ov. M. 15, 8:

    ternox,

    in which Hercules was begotten, Stat. Th. 12, 301:

    hostis,

    i. e. Telephus, son of Hercules, Ov. R. Am. 47:

    gens,

    i. e. the family of the Fabians sprung from Hercules, id. F. 2, 237; so,

    penates,

    Sil. 7, 44:

    sacrum,

    instituted by Evander in honor of Hercules, Verg. A. 8, 270:

    Trachin,

    built by Hercules, Ov. M. 11, 627:

    urbs,

    the city of Herculaneum, built by Hercules, id. ib. 15, 711.—Hence also:

    litora,

    near Herculaneum, Prop. 1, 11, 2:

    Tibur,

    i. e. where Hercules was worshipped, Mart. 1, 13, 1; 4, 62:

    astrum,

    i. e. the constellation of the Lion, id. 8, 55, 15: fretum, i. e. the Pillars of Hercules, (Strait of Gibraltar), Sil. 1, 199;

    also: metae,

    Luc. 3, 278.—
    B.
    Hercŭlā-nĕus, a, um, adj., the same: pars, i. e. the tithes (dedicated to Hercules), the tenth part, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 11.—Also to denote things large of their kind:

    formicae,

    Plin. 30. 4, 10, §

    29: urtica,

    id. 21, 15, 55, § 92:

    nodus,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 33:

    nymphaea,

    App. Herb. 67:

    sideritis,

    id. ib. 72:

    machaera,

    Capitol. Pertin. 8.—
    C.
    Hercŭlānus, a, um, adj., the same: pes, i. e. long, large (cf. in the preced.), Gell. 1, 1, 3.—
    D.
    Acc. to the Gr. form Hēraclēus or Hēra-clĭus, a, um, adj., = Hêrakleios or Hêraklios, the same:

    fabulae,

    Juv. 1, 52 (al. acc. to the MSS. Herculeias).—
    E.
    Hēraclī-des, ae, m., = Hêrakleidês, a male descendant of Hercules, Heraclid:

    exclusi ab Heraclīdis Orestis liberi,

    Vell. 1, 2 fin. —
    F.
    Hercŭlĭus, i, m., a surname of the emperor Maximinianus, and hence, Her-cŭlĭāni, ōrum, m., his guards, Amm. 22, 3, 2; 25, 6, 2.

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