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1 custodia
protection, custody. -
2 tutela
protection, guard, charge / guardianship, tutelage / -
3 fides
[st1]1 [-] fĭdēs, ĕi, f.: - gén. fidēī avec ē long, Lucr. 5, 102 ; gén. et dat. arch. fidē Plaut., Ter.; Hor. O. 3, 7, 4; S. 1, 3, 95. ; gén. fidi CIL 2, 5042. a - foi, croyance, confiance. - fidem magnam, parvam, majorem, maximam habere alicui ou alicui rei: avoir une grande, une petite, une plus grande, la plus grande confiance en qqn, en qqch. - cf. Cic. Off. 2, 33; Fam. 5, 20, 2; Rep. 2, 18, etc. - alicui summam omnium rerum fidem habere, Caes. BG. 1,19, 3: avoir en qqn la plus haute confiance pour toutes choses. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 131. - fidem adjungere, tribuere, Cic. Div. 2, 113; fidem adjungere, Sull. 10: ajouter foi. - fidem facere [habere Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 7] Cic. Br. 142: inspirer confiance. - fidei causā, Sall. J. 85, 29: pour inspirer confiance. - (ei) aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 1: pendant un assez long temps il ne pouvait se décider à croire. - res quae ad fidem faciendam valent, Cic. de Or. 2, 121: les ressorts qui servent à emporter l'adhésion (persuader). - fidem facere alicujus rei: faire croire à qqch. --- Sen. Ir. 1, 20, 7. - (alicui) fidem facere av. prop. inf.: faire croire (à qqn) que... --- Cic. Q. 2, 5, 3; Caes. BG. 6, 41, 2; Liv. 25, 8, 6. - vix fides fit av. prop. inf. Liv. 30, 28, 5: on a peine à croire que. - his miraculis fides, Liv. 26, 19, 8: la croyance à ces miracles. - alicui abrogare fidem jurisjurandi, Cic. Com. 44: enlever la confiance dans le serment de qqn. --- cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 36. - imminuere orationis fidem, Cic. de Or. 2, 156: affaiblir la (confiance dans un discours) force persuasive d'un discours. b - crédit. - fides concidit, Cic. Pomp. 19; sublata est, Cic. Agr. 2, 8: le crédit est tombé, a disparu. --- cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 10; Caes. BC. 3, 1, 2. - fidem revocare, Cic. Marc. 23: ramener le crédit. - res fidesque, Sall. J. 73, 6: les biens et le crédit. - sine re, sine fide: sans avoir, sans crédit. - mercator sine fide: commerçant insolvable. c - au fig. confiance. - segetis certa fides, Hor. O. 3, 16, 30: confiance assurée dans la récolte d'un champ. d - ce qui produit la confiance, bonne foi, loyauté, droiture, conscience. - fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas, Cic. Off. 1, 23: la bonne foi, c.-à-d. la fidélité et la franchise dans les paroles et les conventions. - hinc fides, illinc fraudatio, Cic. Cat. 2, 25: d'un côté la loyauté, de l'autre la fourberie. - fides erga populum Romanum, Caes. BG. 5, 54, 4: fidélité envers le peuple romain. - fidem praestare, Cic. Top. 42: observer la bonne foi. - mea fides perspecta est, Cic. Verr. 5, 177: ma droiture s'est montrée pleinement. - qqf fidem habere: avoir de la droiture. --- cf. Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1; Sen. Ep. 81, 12. - ex bona fide, ex fide bona, Cic. Top. 66; Off. 3, 61; 3, 70, etc.: en toute bonne foi, consciencieusement. - optima fide, Cic. Amer. 144: avec une parfaite bonne foi. - fides mala, Cic. Nat. 3, 74: mauvaise foi. - dans dialogue dic bona fide, Plaut. Aul. 772, dis-moi, en conscience, sincèrement. --- cf. Plaut. Capt. 890; Truc. 586. e - en parl. de choses vérité, authenticité, sincérité. - tabularum fides, Cic. Arch. 9: authenticité, autorité des registres. --- cf. Cic. Flac. 21; Ac. 2, 58. - fides reconciliatae gratiae, Cic. Mil. 21: sincérité d'une réconciliation. - non speciem, sed fidem quaerit, Quint.: ce n'est pas l'éclat, mais la vraisemblance qu'il cherche (dans un récit). - certa fides facti, Ov. F. 6: le fait est authentique. - manifesta fides: preuve évidente. - fides fit: [la conviction est faite que] = on est sûr que, on croit que. - manifesta fides Volscos adjutos, Liv.: une preuve manifeste qu'on avait aidé les Volsques. g - poét. réalité, réalisation. - vota fides sequitur, Ov. M. 8, 711: leurs voeux sont exaucés. - cf. Ov. M. 3, 527; 7, 323. h - promesse, assurance, parole donnée. - fidem hosti datam fallere, Cic. Off. 1, 39: trahir la parole donnée à l'ennemi. - si fides Saturnino data est, eam C. Marius dedit idemque violavit, si in fide non stetit, Cic. R. perd. 28: si une assurance (sauvegarde) a été donnée à Saturninus, c'est Marius qui l'a donnée, et c'est lui aussi qui l'a violée, s'il n'a pas tenu parole. - suam fidem in rem interponere, Caes. BG. 5, 36, 2: engager sa parole pour garantir une chose. - fide indutiarum interposita, Liv. 42, 43, 4: sur la foi de l'armistice. - de aliqua re fidem servare, Caes. BG. 6, 36, 1: tenir sa parole relativement à qqch. - fidem publicam tueri, Liv. 29, 1, 17: observer les engagements de l'état, la parole de l'état. - fide alicujus pecuniam sumere, Cic. Fl. 47: emprunter sur la parole (la caution) de qqn. - libera fide, Liv. 30, 4, 10: la parole étant dégagée. - fide data fore ut... Sall. J. 61, 5: engagement étant pris qu'il arriverait que... - fidem suam liberare, Cic. Fl. 47; fidem exsolvere, Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8: remplir ses engagements. - velim fidem meam liberes, Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2: je voudrais que tu acquittes ma promesse. - suam fidem alicui praestare, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11: tenir parole à qqn. --- cf. Div. 2, 79. k - sauvegarde. - fidem publicam alicui dare, Cic. Cat. 3, 8: donner à qqn une sauvegarde officielle [promesse d'impunité, de vie sauve]. - cf. Sall. C. 47, 1; 48, 4; J. 32, 1; 35, 7 m - en part. fidélité envers son général, respect du serment militaire. - Caes. BC. 1, 84, 3; Liv. 30, 35, 7, etc. n - protection, patronage, assistance. - in fide alicujus esse, Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 2: être sous la protection de qqn. - in fidem et clientelam alicujus se conferre, Cic. Amer. 106: se placer sous la protection et le patronage de qqn. - in fidem ac potestatem alicujus venire, Caes. BG. 2, 13, 2: se mettre sous la protection et le pouvoir de qqn. - in fidem recipere, Caes. BG. 2, 15, 1: prendre sous sa protection. - fidem alicujus sequi, Caes. BG. 4, 21, 8; 5, 20, 1: se mettre sous la protection de qqn. p - formules. - fidem vestram obtestatur, judices, Cic. Mur. 86: il implore votre assistance, juges. - deum atque hominum fidem implorabis, Cic. Verr. 1, 25: tu imploreras l'appui des dieux et des hommes, tu les prendras à témoin. - di vostram fidem ! Plaut. Capt. 418: les dieux m'en soient témoins! - pro deum (deorum) atque hominum fidem: j'en atteste les dieux et les hommes, au nom des dieux et des hommes. [st1]2 [-] Fĭdēs, ĕi, f.: la Bonne Foi (divinité). - Cic. Off. 3, 104, etc. [st1]3 [-] fĭdēs (fĭdis), is (surtout au plur. fĭdēs, ium), f.: lyre, luth, instrument à cordes. - fidibus canere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4: jouer de la lyre. - fidibus discere Cic. CM 26: apprendre à jouer de la lyre. - fidibus docere, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: enseigner à jouer de la lyre. - fidibus scire, Ter. Eun. 133: savoir jouer de la lyre. - sing. fides, is [poét]: Hor. O. 1, 17, 18 ; 1, 24, 14 ; Ov. H. 15, 23 --- Fides, Varr. R. 2, 5, 12; Fidis Col. 11, 2, 14, la Lyre, constellation.* * *[st1]1 [-] fĭdēs, ĕi, f.: - gén. fidēī avec ē long, Lucr. 5, 102 ; gén. et dat. arch. fidē Plaut., Ter.; Hor. O. 3, 7, 4; S. 1, 3, 95. ; gén. fidi CIL 2, 5042. a - foi, croyance, confiance. - fidem magnam, parvam, majorem, maximam habere alicui ou alicui rei: avoir une grande, une petite, une plus grande, la plus grande confiance en qqn, en qqch. - cf. Cic. Off. 2, 33; Fam. 5, 20, 2; Rep. 2, 18, etc. - alicui summam omnium rerum fidem habere, Caes. BG. 1,19, 3: avoir en qqn la plus haute confiance pour toutes choses. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 131. - fidem adjungere, tribuere, Cic. Div. 2, 113; fidem adjungere, Sull. 10: ajouter foi. - fidem facere [habere Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 7] Cic. Br. 142: inspirer confiance. - fidei causā, Sall. J. 85, 29: pour inspirer confiance. - (ei) aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 1: pendant un assez long temps il ne pouvait se décider à croire. - res quae ad fidem faciendam valent, Cic. de Or. 2, 121: les ressorts qui servent à emporter l'adhésion (persuader). - fidem facere alicujus rei: faire croire à qqch. --- Sen. Ir. 1, 20, 7. - (alicui) fidem facere av. prop. inf.: faire croire (à qqn) que... --- Cic. Q. 2, 5, 3; Caes. BG. 6, 41, 2; Liv. 25, 8, 6. - vix fides fit av. prop. inf. Liv. 30, 28, 5: on a peine à croire que. - his miraculis fides, Liv. 26, 19, 8: la croyance à ces miracles. - alicui abrogare fidem jurisjurandi, Cic. Com. 44: enlever la confiance dans le serment de qqn. --- cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 36. - imminuere orationis fidem, Cic. de Or. 2, 156: affaiblir la (confiance dans un discours) force persuasive d'un discours. b - crédit. - fides concidit, Cic. Pomp. 19; sublata est, Cic. Agr. 2, 8: le crédit est tombé, a disparu. --- cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 10; Caes. BC. 3, 1, 2. - fidem revocare, Cic. Marc. 23: ramener le crédit. - res fidesque, Sall. J. 73, 6: les biens et le crédit. - sine re, sine fide: sans avoir, sans crédit. - mercator sine fide: commerçant insolvable. c - au fig. confiance. - segetis certa fides, Hor. O. 3, 16, 30: confiance assurée dans la récolte d'un champ. d - ce qui produit la confiance, bonne foi, loyauté, droiture, conscience. - fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas, Cic. Off. 1, 23: la bonne foi, c.-à-d. la fidélité et la franchise dans les paroles et les conventions. - hinc fides, illinc fraudatio, Cic. Cat. 2, 25: d'un côté la loyauté, de l'autre la fourberie. - fides erga populum Romanum, Caes. BG. 5, 54, 4: fidélité envers le peuple romain. - fidem praestare, Cic. Top. 42: observer la bonne foi. - mea fides perspecta est, Cic. Verr. 5, 177: ma droiture s'est montrée pleinement. - qqf fidem habere: avoir de la droiture. --- cf. Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1; Sen. Ep. 81, 12. - ex bona fide, ex fide bona, Cic. Top. 66; Off. 3, 61; 3, 70, etc.: en toute bonne foi, consciencieusement. - optima fide, Cic. Amer. 144: avec une parfaite bonne foi. - fides mala, Cic. Nat. 3, 74: mauvaise foi. - dans dialogue dic bona fide, Plaut. Aul. 772, dis-moi, en conscience, sincèrement. --- cf. Plaut. Capt. 890; Truc. 586. e - en parl. de choses vérité, authenticité, sincérité. - tabularum fides, Cic. Arch. 9: authenticité, autorité des registres. --- cf. Cic. Flac. 21; Ac. 2, 58. - fides reconciliatae gratiae, Cic. Mil. 21: sincérité d'une réconciliation. - non speciem, sed fidem quaerit, Quint.: ce n'est pas l'éclat, mais la vraisemblance qu'il cherche (dans un récit). - certa fides facti, Ov. F. 6: le fait est authentique. - manifesta fides: preuve évidente. - fides fit: [la conviction est faite que] = on est sûr que, on croit que. - manifesta fides Volscos adjutos, Liv.: une preuve manifeste qu'on avait aidé les Volsques. g - poét. réalité, réalisation. - vota fides sequitur, Ov. M. 8, 711: leurs voeux sont exaucés. - cf. Ov. M. 3, 527; 7, 323. h - promesse, assurance, parole donnée. - fidem hosti datam fallere, Cic. Off. 1, 39: trahir la parole donnée à l'ennemi. - si fides Saturnino data est, eam C. Marius dedit idemque violavit, si in fide non stetit, Cic. R. perd. 28: si une assurance (sauvegarde) a été donnée à Saturninus, c'est Marius qui l'a donnée, et c'est lui aussi qui l'a violée, s'il n'a pas tenu parole. - suam fidem in rem interponere, Caes. BG. 5, 36, 2: engager sa parole pour garantir une chose. - fide indutiarum interposita, Liv. 42, 43, 4: sur la foi de l'armistice. - de aliqua re fidem servare, Caes. BG. 6, 36, 1: tenir sa parole relativement à qqch. - fidem publicam tueri, Liv. 29, 1, 17: observer les engagements de l'état, la parole de l'état. - fide alicujus pecuniam sumere, Cic. Fl. 47: emprunter sur la parole (la caution) de qqn. - libera fide, Liv. 30, 4, 10: la parole étant dégagée. - fide data fore ut... Sall. J. 61, 5: engagement étant pris qu'il arriverait que... - fidem suam liberare, Cic. Fl. 47; fidem exsolvere, Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8: remplir ses engagements. - velim fidem meam liberes, Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2: je voudrais que tu acquittes ma promesse. - suam fidem alicui praestare, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11: tenir parole à qqn. --- cf. Div. 2, 79. k - sauvegarde. - fidem publicam alicui dare, Cic. Cat. 3, 8: donner à qqn une sauvegarde officielle [promesse d'impunité, de vie sauve]. - cf. Sall. C. 47, 1; 48, 4; J. 32, 1; 35, 7 m - en part. fidélité envers son général, respect du serment militaire. - Caes. BC. 1, 84, 3; Liv. 30, 35, 7, etc. n - protection, patronage, assistance. - in fide alicujus esse, Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 2: être sous la protection de qqn. - in fidem et clientelam alicujus se conferre, Cic. Amer. 106: se placer sous la protection et le patronage de qqn. - in fidem ac potestatem alicujus venire, Caes. BG. 2, 13, 2: se mettre sous la protection et le pouvoir de qqn. - in fidem recipere, Caes. BG. 2, 15, 1: prendre sous sa protection. - fidem alicujus sequi, Caes. BG. 4, 21, 8; 5, 20, 1: se mettre sous la protection de qqn. p - formules. - fidem vestram obtestatur, judices, Cic. Mur. 86: il implore votre assistance, juges. - deum atque hominum fidem implorabis, Cic. Verr. 1, 25: tu imploreras l'appui des dieux et des hommes, tu les prendras à témoin. - di vostram fidem ! Plaut. Capt. 418: les dieux m'en soient témoins! - pro deum (deorum) atque hominum fidem: j'en atteste les dieux et les hommes, au nom des dieux et des hommes. [st1]2 [-] Fĭdēs, ĕi, f.: la Bonne Foi (divinité). - Cic. Off. 3, 104, etc. [st1]3 [-] fĭdēs (fĭdis), is (surtout au plur. fĭdēs, ium), f.: lyre, luth, instrument à cordes. - fidibus canere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4: jouer de la lyre. - fidibus discere Cic. CM 26: apprendre à jouer de la lyre. - fidibus docere, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: enseigner à jouer de la lyre. - fidibus scire, Ter. Eun. 133: savoir jouer de la lyre. - sing. fides, is [poét]: Hor. O. 1, 17, 18 ; 1, 24, 14 ; Ov. H. 15, 23 --- Fides, Varr. R. 2, 5, 12; Fidis Col. 11, 2, 14, la Lyre, constellation.* * *I.Fides, huius fidei, pen. corr. f. g. Cic. Foy, quand on fait ce qu'on dit, et qu'on tient sa promesse.\Constans fidei. Tacit. Ferme et constant en ses promesses.\Obstinatio fidei, in bonam partem, pro obfirmatione. Tacit. Fermeté et constance.\Fidei plenus. Cic. Haud magna cum re, sed fidei plenus. Il n'ha pas grans biens, mais il est loyal, Povre et loyal.\Sinister fidei. Silius. Desloyal, Qui ne tient ne foy ne promesse.\Quos non aequasset fides solutionis, hos benignitate remissionis aequari. Plin. iunior. Qui n'avoyent point payé au jour qu'ils avoyent promis.\Fides. Terent. Loyaulté, Quand on tient secret ce qu'on a ouy, Feaulté.\Fidei bonae possessor. Budaeus. Possesseur de bonne foy, Qui possede une chose de bonne foy, ou à tiltre de bonne foy, la pensant seure.\Fide bona dicere. Plaut. A la bonne foy, Sans mentir, A sa conscience, En bonne foy.\Fide bona emere. Plaut. Acheter sans fraude ne mal engin, Acheter une chose de bonne foy, pensant que celuy qui la vend, ha puissance de la vendre et aliener.\Bonae fidei se esse respondit. Sueton. Qu'il estoit homme de promesse, et tenant sa foy.\Propius fidem est. Liu. Il est plus vraysemblable.\Difficillima est grauissimi cuiusque sceleris fides. Quint. Tous cas griefs et enormes sont difficiles à croire.\Fluxa. Tacit. De petite duree.\- fac hoc quod te rogamus Mea fide, si isti formidas credere. Plaut. A mon adveu, A mon asseurance.\Mea quidem id promitto fide. Plaut. Par ma foy, Sur ma foy.\Nuda fides. Valer. Flac. Qui n'est point fardee en palliee.\Obstinata fides. Tacit. Ferme et constante.\Arcanique fides prodiga, perlucidior vitro. Horat. Qui ne scait taire un secret.\Fides publica. Sallust. Asseurance que le peuple ou celuy qui ha l'administration de la Republique donne à quelqu'un pour faire ou dire quelque chose, l'asseurant qu'il n'aura nul mal, Saufconduict.\Fide publica dicere iussus est. Sallust. On luy donna asseurance qu'il n'auroit nul mal, On luy commanda de dire soubs l'asseurance publique, On l'affia, etc.\Fide accepta a legatis, vim abfuturam, donec causam dixissent. Liu. Apres avoir eu asseurance qu'on ne leur feroit nul oultrage.\In fidem suam aliquem accipere. Cic. Recevoir aucun qui se vient rendre à nous, en nostre protection et sauvegarde.\Adhibenda fides somniantium visis non est. Cic. Il ne fault point adjouster de foy aux, etc.\Fidem afferre alicui rei. Plin. Faire foy de quelque chose, L'asseurer, Faire qu'on le croye.\Afflicta fides. Tacit. Credit cheut et ruiné, Quand quelqu'un a perdu son credit, Credit abbatu.\Alternant spesque timorque fidem. Ouid. Font varier, Font tantost croire, tantost descroire.\Fidem suam astringere. Terent. S'obliger sur sa foy, Promettre quelque chose sur l'asseurance de sa foy, Affier quelque chose.\Fidem auferre testi. Quintil. Le reprocher, et faire que aucune foy ne luy soit adjoustee.\Capere in fidem deuictas bello nationes. Cic. Prendre en sa sauvegarde.\Maiora monstra veris vix capiunt fidem. Senec. A grand peine sont ils creuz, ou les croit on.\Conferre se in fidem ac clientelam alicuius. Cic. Se donner à quelqu'un, Se mettre en sa sauvegarde et tutelle, ou protection.\Vbi plurium velut emeritis annorum stipendiis fides surculo constitit. Columel. S'il n'a failli ne menti, S'il s'est tousjours bien porté.\Cum fide. Columel. Fidelement, Loyaulment, Feablement.\Fidem debet tutor. Quintil. Il doibt loyaulté à son pupille.\Fides deficere eos nuper coepit. Cic. Ils ont perdu leur credit.\Fidem alicuius deferere. Cic. Se retirer de l'alliance faicte avec aucun, Luy faulser sa foy.\Detrahere fidem alicui. Quintil. Le mettre en mauvaise reputation, en sorte qu'on ne le vueille croire.\A veri dissidet illa fide. Ouid. Ce bruit est faulx.\Fidem dare. Terent. Promettre, Asseurer, Jurer, Affier.\Dare fidem publicam. Cic. Donner saufconduict et asseurance.\Ducere fidem ex aliquo. Lucret. Quand quelque chose nous attrait et induit à la croire par quelque raisons.\Eligere fidem alicuius. Callistratus. Choisir un homme qu'on repute feal et loyal, pour luy bailler quelque chose en garde.\Ex fide scribere. Plin. iunior. Fidelement et à la verité.\Excessitque fidem meritorum summa tuorum. Ouid. La grandeur des plaisirs que tu m'as faicts est incroyable, On ne scauroit croire combien de plaisirs tu m'as faict.\Fidem exoluere. Plin. iunior. S'acquicter de sa promesse.\Exuere fidem. Tacit. Faulser sa foy.\Facere fidem causis ex sua bonitate. Quintil. Faire qu'on croye.\Aspectus facit fidem iudicii sui. Cic. Fait foy.\Fallere fidem hosti datam. Cic. Faulser sa foy.\Firmare fidem. Tacit. Confermer.\Frangere. Cic. Rompre sa foy.\Si fidem habeat, se iri praepositum tibi apud me. Terent. S'il scavoit certainement que, etc.\Fidem habere alicui. Terent. Cic. Se fier à aucun, Le croire.\Qui ei fidem non habui argenti. Plaut. A qui je ne me suis point fié de cest argent.\Res habuit fidem. Ouid. Fut creue, On la creut.\Fidem non habere dicuntur res. Cic. Choses qu'on ne croit point.\Quia non est in negando habiturus fidem. Quint. On ne le croira pas.\Fidem impetrare. Plin. Estre creu.\Fidem peractae mortis implere. Plin. iunior. Quand quelqu'un navré contrefait si bien le mort, qu'on pense veritablement qu'il soit mort.\Fidem alicuius implorare. Terent. Luy demander aide et secours.\Tarda solet magnis rebus inesse fides. Ouid. On ne croit pas legierement choses grandes.\Contra fidem interpositam interfectus est. Cic. Contre la foy et asseurance qu'on luy avoit donnee.\Fide publica interposita. Sallust. Avec saufconduict et asseurance publique.\Fide sua esse iubere. Vlpia. Respondre de quelque argent, ou d'autre chose.\Quantam pecuniam Titio credidero, fide tua esse iubes? Paulus. De tout l'argent que je presteray à Titius, m'en veuls tu respondre? Prens tu sur ta foy que j'en seray bien payé? En respons tu?\Fidem labefactare. Suet. Perdre son credit.\Huius iam labefactata est fides. Sueton. Cestui a perdu son credit.\Multa fidem promissa leuant. Horat. A grans prometteurs on n'adjouste pas grande foy.\Fidem liberare. Cic. Tenir sa promesse, Satisfaire à sa promesse.\In fide populi Romani manere. Cic. En la protection et sauvegarde.\Fidem mereri. Quint. Meriter d'estre creu.\Acceptam parce mouere fidem. Ouid. Garde toy de vouloir esbranler et arracher, ou oster et abolir une chose qu'on croit de long temps, Une persuasion de tous receue long temps à.\Fidem mutare. Sallust. Estre variable et legier, Se desdire.\Fidem mutare cum altero. Terentius. Ne luy tenir point de promesse.\Fidem suam obstringere. Plin. Obliger sa foy.\Fidem perdere. Quint. Perdre son credit, Faire qu'on ne nous croye pas une autre fois.\Fidem praestare, Tenir sa promesse. Quintil. An tutor fidem praestare debeat tantum, non etiam consilium et euentum. A scavoir mon si le tuteur est quicte, pourveu qu'il ne face aucune fraude en l'administration de son mineur, encore qu'il y ait en luy de la negligence: ou s'il est tenu en cas de negligence, encore qu'il n'y ait point en luy de mauvaise foy.\In fidem suam aliquem recipere, et commendatum habere. Cic. Le recevoir en sa sauvegarde et protection.\Redde nunc pactam fidem. Senec. Tien ta promesse.\Verba fides sequitur. Ouid. Il fut faict comme il fut dict.\Fidem alicuius sequi. Vlpia. Croire à sa parolle.\Fidem seruare. Plaut. Tenir sa promesse.\Pudicam fidem solicitare donis. Ouid. Soliciter par presens une femme de rompre la loyaulté de son mariage.\Curaui vnum hoc quidem, vt mihi esset fides. Terent. D'estre homme de promesse, et faire ce que j'auroye promis.\Fidei censebam maximam multo fidem esse. Plaut. J'estimoye la foy estre beaucoup plus loyale, et plus de tenue.\Mirum quantum illi viro nuntianti haec, fides fuerit. Liu. Combien on le creut.\Fide nulla es. Plaut. Tu n'as nulle foy, Tu ne tiens rien de ce que tu promets.\In fide et clientela alicuius esse. Cic. Estre en sa protection et sauvegarde.\In nullius fide esse. Cic. N'estre soubs l'obeissance et protection de personne.\Dyrrachium quod erat in fide mea. Cicero. Qui estoit en ma protection.\At mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum pater. Terent. Il tient tant de moy, Il se fie bien en moy, que je ne vouldroye faire telle chose.\Itane paruam mihi fidem esse apud te? Terent. Ay je si peu de credit envers toy? Te fie tu si peu en moy?\Fide alicuius sumere: Sub. Argentum. Cic. Emprunter argent par le moyen d'aucun qui en respond.\Superesse fide. Tacit. Surmonter en fidelité.\Sustentare fide amicos. Cic. Par pleigemens, en respondant pour eulx.\Tribuere fidem testimonio alicuius. Cic. Adjouster foy, Croire son tesmoignage.\Tribuere fidem rebus. Cic. Donner authorité.\Fidem suam tueri. Cic. Entretenir son credit.\Prona venit cupidis in sua vota fides. Ouid. On croit facilement ce qu'on vouldroit qu'il adveint.\In fidem alicuius venire. Liu. Se rendre à la merci d'aucun, soubs l'asseurance par luy promise, Se soubmettre à son obeissance.II.Fides, fidis, foe. gen. Cic. Une sorte d'instrument de musique ayant chordes, ou Les chordes de l'instrument.\Conspicuus fide. Ouid. Qui est congneu de touts et fort renommé, à cause qu'il est bon joueur de tels instruments.\Adhibere fides epulis. Quintil. Jouer de tels instruments à un banquet.\Discebant fidibus antiqui. Cic. Apprenoyent à jouer du luc, ou de la harpe, ou de semblables instruments.\Docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Luy apprendre et monstrer à jouer, etc.\Iungere vocem fidibus. Quintil. Chanter une partie et jouer les autres sur l'espinette ou manicordion, ou autre instrument de musique, ayant chordes.\Mouere fides. Ouid. Remuer, Jouer. -
4 clientela
clĭentēla, ae, f. [st2]1 [-] condition de client, patronage. [st2]2 [-] les clients, la clientèle, les protégés, la suite (ordin. au plur.). [st2]3 [-] lien de protection (de peuple à peuple), alliance, coalition. [st2]4 [-] protection. - esse in clientela alicujus, Cic. Amer. 93: être le client de qqn. - Thaïs patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem, Ter. Eun. 1039: Thaïs s'est recommandée à notre père pour être sa cliente et sa protégée. - magna esse Pompei beneficia et magnas clientelas sciebat, Caes. BC. 2, 17: il savait que Pompée s'était fait, par ses bienfaits et ses grâces, de nombreux alliés. - per nomen et clientelas inlustrior, Tac. An. 3, 55: très illustre par sa réputation et par ses clients. - sub clientela Musarum, Suet.: sous la protection des Muses.* * *clĭentēla, ae, f. [st2]1 [-] condition de client, patronage. [st2]2 [-] les clients, la clientèle, les protégés, la suite (ordin. au plur.). [st2]3 [-] lien de protection (de peuple à peuple), alliance, coalition. [st2]4 [-] protection. - esse in clientela alicujus, Cic. Amer. 93: être le client de qqn. - Thaïs patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem, Ter. Eun. 1039: Thaïs s'est recommandée à notre père pour être sa cliente et sa protégée. - magna esse Pompei beneficia et magnas clientelas sciebat, Caes. BC. 2, 17: il savait que Pompée s'était fait, par ses bienfaits et ses grâces, de nombreux alliés. - per nomen et clientelas inlustrior, Tac. An. 3, 55: très illustre par sa réputation et par ses clients. - sub clientela Musarum, Suet.: sous la protection des Muses.* * *Clientela, huius clientelae, pen. prod. Cic. Multitude de cliens.\Esse in fide et clientela alicuius. Cic. Estre en la sauvegarde de quelcun.\Clientela, Sauvegarde. Cic. -
5 patrocinium
pātrōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [patronus] [st2]1 [-] patronat, patronage, protection (exercée par les patriciens sur les plébéiens). [st2]2 [-] patronage, protection exercée sur un Etat, sur une province. [st2]3 [-] défense (devant les tribunaux). [st2]4 [-] défense, excuse, justification. [st2]5 [-] Nep. secours, appui. - illud patrocinium orbis terrae verius, quam imperium poterat nominari, Cic. Off. 2: on pouvait appeler cela protection (de Rome) sur le monde plutôt que son empire. - hoc dicendi genus ad patrocinia mediocriter aptum videbatur, Cic. Brut. 29: ce genre d'éloquence ne paraissait convenir que médiocrement au barreau. - patrocinium voluptatis repudiandum, Cic.: il faut renoncer à défendre la volupté. - patrocinia vitiis quaerimus, Plin.: nous cherchons des patronages pour nos vices. - pātrōcĭnĭa, ĭum, n. Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5: les protégés, les clients.* * *pātrōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [patronus] [st2]1 [-] patronat, patronage, protection (exercée par les patriciens sur les plébéiens). [st2]2 [-] patronage, protection exercée sur un Etat, sur une province. [st2]3 [-] défense (devant les tribunaux). [st2]4 [-] défense, excuse, justification. [st2]5 [-] Nep. secours, appui. - illud patrocinium orbis terrae verius, quam imperium poterat nominari, Cic. Off. 2: on pouvait appeler cela protection (de Rome) sur le monde plutôt que son empire. - hoc dicendi genus ad patrocinia mediocriter aptum videbatur, Cic. Brut. 29: ce genre d'éloquence ne paraissait convenir que médiocrement au barreau. - patrocinium voluptatis repudiandum, Cic.: il faut renoncer à défendre la volupté. - patrocinia vitiis quaerimus, Plin.: nous cherchons des patronages pour nos vices. - pātrōcĭnĭa, ĭum, n. Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5: les protégés, les clients.* * *Patrocinium, patrocinii. Plin. Defense.\Arripere patrocinium aequitatis. Cic. Defendre equité.\Suscipere patrocinium alicuius deserti. Cic. Entreprendre la defense d'aucun qui estoit delaissé de touts.\Si tuam consuetudinem in patrociniis tuendis seruas. Vatinius Ciceroni. Si tu entretiens et continue ta facon de faire, en perseverant de defendre ceulx ausquels tu as commencé à bien faire. -
6 fides
1.fĭdes, ĕi ( gen. sing. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102.— Ante-class. and poet. form of the gen. fide, like die, facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1; id. Poen. 4, 2, 68; Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; Charis. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90.— Dat. fide, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 105; Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f. [fido], trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.si sciat noster senex, fidem non esse huic habitam,
that he has not been trusted, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52; cf.:fides ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest... iis fidem habemus, quos plus intelligere quam nos arbitramur... bonis viris ita fides habetur, ut nulla sit in iis fraudis injuriaeque suspicio... prudentia sine justitia nihil valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc.,
to give confidence, produce confidence, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant;ut non tam fides non habenda, quam ratio quaerenda sit,
to give credence, id. Rep. 1, 10; cf.:quod si insanorum visis fides non est habenda, quia falsa sunt, cur credatur somniantium visis, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 59, 122:si ita posset defendere, tamen fides huic defensioni non haberetur,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148:me miseram! forsitan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; cf.:cum jam minor fabulis haberetur fides,
Cic. Rep. 2, 10:(fidem) majorem tibi habui quam paene ipsi mihi,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 7, 18, 1:ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4:cui maximam fidem suarum rerum habeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; cf.:cui summam omnium rerum fidem habebat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere,
Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113:testimonio fidem tribuere,
id. Sull. 3, 10; cf.:Cratippus iisdem rebus fidem tribuit,
id. Div. 1, 3, 5:et auctoritatem orationi affert et fidem,
id. Or. 34, 120:si tota oratio nostra omnem sibi fidem sensibus confirmat,
id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:constituere fidem,
id. Part. Or. 9, 31: fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief, id. Brut. 50, 187; cf.:quoniam auribus vestris... minorem fidem faceret oratio mea,
id. Cat. 3, 2, 4:aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat,
Caes. B. C. 2, 37, 1;so with dare (rare): res ipsa fidem sermoni meo dabit,
App. M. 4, p. 146, 25:Hercules cui ea res immortalitatis fidem dedit,
assured of, Just. 24, 4, 4; Plin. Pan. 74, 3.—With object-clauses:fac fidem, te nihil nisi populi utilitatem et fructum quaerere,
evince, show, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., will convince, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.:mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 10; cf.:cum vix fides esset, rem ullo modo successuram,
Suet. Vesp. 7:male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41:quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum suspicio derogavit,
Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.:alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi,
id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and:omnibus abrogatur fides,
id. Ac. 2, 11, 36:quae res fidem abrogat orationi,
Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17:imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem,
Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156:multa fidem promissa levant,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to give credence (opp. fidem demere):ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,
Tac. G. 3 fin. —In partic., in mercant. lang., credit:2.cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, neque creditae pecuniae solverentur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.:scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:fides de foro sublata erat,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:labefacta jam fide,
credit being impaired, Suet. Vesp. 4:pecunia suā aut amicorum fide sumpta mutua,
Sall. C. 24, 2:non contentus agrariis legibus fidem moliri coepit,
Liv. 6, 11, 8; cf.:fidem abrogare,
id. 6, 41, 11:fidemque remque, perdere,
credit and means, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 36; cf.:res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,
Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:nisi fide staret res publica, opibus non staturam,
Liv. 23, 48, 9 Drak.; freq.: res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, i. e. entire resources, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24; 38; id. Most. 1, 2, 64; Sall. J. 73, 6 Cort.—Beyond the mercant. sphere ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):II.segetis certa fides meae,
i. e. return, yield, Hor. C. 3, 16, 30:at tibi... Persolvat nullā semina certa fide,
Tib. 2, 3, 62:fallax fides unius anni,
Plin. Pan. 32, 4:quia hanc ejus terrae fidem Menander eludit,
Quint. 12, 10, 25.Transf., that which produces confidence or belief.A.The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth, etc.1.In gen. (erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; v. the foll. passages):b.fundamentum justitiae est fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, quia fiat, quod dictum est, appellatam fidem,
Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.:justitia creditis in rebus fides nominatur,
id. Part. Or. 22, 78:meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99; cf.:fides fidelitasque amicum erga,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 2:homo antiqua virtute ac fide,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88; cf.:exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,
Cic. Rep. 3, 5:esse summa probitate ac fide,
id. ib. 3, 17:vir aequissimus, singulari fide,
id. ib. 3, 17:quorum fides est laudata,
id. ib. 2, 36:quibus facillime justitia et fides convalescit,
id. ib. 2, 14:unde justitia, fides, aequitas?
id. ib. 1, 2:cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati (Gallia) commendata est,
id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:aequitas et fides,
id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.:si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides,
id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:quanta fide, quanta religione,
id. Font. 6, 13:hinc fides, illinc fraudatio,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.):mea eraga te fides et benevolentia,
Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1:pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide,
Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:in fide atque amicitia civitatis Aeduae,
id. ib. 2, 14, 2:in fide manere,
id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.:sincera fide in pace Ligures esse,
Liv. 40, 34, 11:si tibi optima fide sua omnia concessit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:praestare fidem,
id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6:te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc.,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 55: Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona, Plaut. Mil. 4, 10, 42:de pace cum fide agere,
Liv. 32, 33, 10:jussas cum fide poenas luam,
Hor. Epod. 17, 37:haecne marita fides?
Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11:Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque,
faithful bail, Ov. M. 12, 365:perjura patris fides,
perjured faith, dishonesty, Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep.—Prov.:fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo numquam redit,
Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.):fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo,
id. 166.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:c.nam cum Gabinii levitas... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc.,
trustworthiness, credibility, Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.:nunc vero quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt (litterae)?
id. Fl. 9, 21; and:visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt,
id. Ac. 2, 18, 58 fin.; and:qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit,
truth, Quint. 10, 1, 32:aliter oraculorum, aliter haruspicum fides confirmari aut refelli potest,
id. 5, 7, 36:probationum,
id. 4 praef. §6: liber spectatae fidei,
Gell. 1, 7, 1:paulum distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum fide multi existimant Lygdinos, etc.,
in faithful preservation, keeping in good condition, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62.—In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise:2.dicta fides sequitur,
Ov. M. 3, 527 (cf.:res dicta secuta est,
id. ib. 4, 550):vota fides sequitur,
id. ib. 8, 713:promissa exhibuere fidem,
were fulfilled, id. ib. 7, 323; cf.:en haec promissa fides est?
is this the fulfilment of the oracle? Verg. A. 6, 346.—In partic., in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously:B. 1.arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA,
Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA;fideique bonae, nomen existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc.,
id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: praetor ait: QVI [p. 747] BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.:bonae fidei emptori subrepta re quam emerit,
Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15:ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona fides possidenti nihil prodest,
Dig. 41, 3, 24:tot judicia de fide mala, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt, etc.,
i. e. deception, dishonesty, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:bonā fide = certissime,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 30; id. Aul. 4, 10, 42; id. Capt. 4, 2, 110; cf.:mala fide,
Dig. 41, 2, 1, § 6.—In gen.:2.fide data, credamus,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):atque etiam, si quid singuli temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso fides conservanda: ut primo Punico bello Regulus... ad supplicium redire maluit, quam fidem hosti datam fallere,
Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:fidem dare, violare, in fide non stare,
id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:Pompei fides, quam de me Caesari dederat,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 12:inter se fidem et jusjurandum dare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:obligare fidem alicui,
to plight one's faith, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:fidem reliquis interponere,
Caes. B. G. 5, 6 fin.:fide mea spondeo, futurum ut, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:diffidens, de numero dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum,
Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 1:si fidem mecum servas,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 48:tecum servavi fidem,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 10; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33:fides juris jurandi cum hoste servanda,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:fidem erga imperatorem conservare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 84, 3:fidem erga populum Romanum servare,
Liv. 24, 4, 5:servata erga Galbam,
Tac. H. 1, 71:in regem suum servata,
Curt. 6, 5, 2:ut fidem vobis praestaremus,
Liv. 28, 39, 2; so,fidem alicui praestare,
Curt. 6, 4, 9; Liv. 30, 15, 5; Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:non servata fides deditis est,
Liv. 24, 1, 10; cf. Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; Sen. Ep. 71, 17:fidem suam liberare,
to perform his promise, Cic. Fl. 20, 47; cf.:fidem alicujus liberare,
id. Fam. 12, 7, 2: so,fidem exsolvere,
Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8; 24, 16, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6; Luc. 9, 98 al.:fidem frangere,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16;for which violare, v. above,
id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:fidem amittere,
Nep. Eum. 10:istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king), id. Deiot. 1, 1:contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem,
confirmed, Liv. 2, 24, 6.—Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, in gen., protection, guardian care:C.introduxi Vulturcium sine Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu senatus dedi,
promised him protection, security, in the name of the public, Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: Vulturcius interrogatus... primo fingere alia;post, ubi fide publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti gesta erant aperit,
Sall. C. 47, 1:cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si fides publica data esset,
id. ib. 48, 4:uti L. Cassius ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita fide publica Romam duceret,
id. J. 32, 1; cf.:privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, quam ille non minoris quam publicam ducebat,
id. ib. fin.:qui Romam fide publica venerat,
id. ib. 35, 7; so,too, simply fides: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti,
Cic. Brut. 23, 89:fide accepta ab legatis, vim abfuturam,
Liv. 38, 33, 3:Thais patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem,
Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 9; cf.:se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106:quaere in cujus fide sint et clientela,
id. ib. 33, 93:aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere,
Liv. 38, 31, 2:frugi hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra fide ac potestate: atque ita, ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati,
Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.:se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2:in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire,
id. ib. 2, 13, 2:in fide alicujus esse,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2:ea (jura) fidei suae commissa,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:civitas in Catonis fide locata,
id. Att. 6, 1, 5:recipere aliquid in fidem,
id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.:aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere,
id. Fam. 13, 19, 2:recipere aliquem in fidem,
Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3:hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur,
id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant, Verg. A. 2, 541:di, obsecro vostram fidem!
your protection, assistance, help, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11; id. Am. 5, 1, 78; id. Most. 1, 1, 74; 2, 2, 97; cf.:fidem vestram oro atque obsecro, judices,
Cic. Mur. 40, 86:deum atque hominum fidem implorabis,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25;so in colloq. lang. frequently elliptic. as an exclamation: Di vostram fidem!
by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 58, id. Men. 5, 2, 119; id. Poen. 4, 78 al.; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5; id. Eun. 3, 1, 28 al.; cf.:tuam fidem, Venus!
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40:pro deum atque hominum fidem!
id. ib. 5, 3, 16; id. Ep. 4, 2, 10; Ter. And. 1. 5, 2; 1, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9 al.; Sall. C. 20, 10 al.;for which: pro deorum atque hominum fidem!
Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;and in a different order: pro deorum fidem atque hominum,
id. Lael. 15, 52;also simply pro deum fidem,
Liv. 3, 67, 7 Drak. N. cr.; and:per fidem!
Petr. 100, 5; Tac. Or. 35; App. M. 6, p. 175.—The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief (eccl. Lat.):III.domicilium fidei,
Lact. 4, 30 fin.; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 12 al.Fides, personified as a goddess:2. I.praeclare Ennius: O Fides alma, apta pinnis, et jus jurandum Jovis! Qui jus igitur jurandum violat, is Fidem violat,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Enn. Trag. v. 410 ed. Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; 2, 23, 61; 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 11, 28; Plaut. Cas. prol. 2; id. Aul. 3, 6, 46; 50; 4, 2, 14; Verg. A. 1, 292; Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; 4, 5, 20; id. C. S. 57.Lit.A.In gen.(α).In plur. (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.:(β).(hominis) omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae,
Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216;so different from nervi,
id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.):ut in fidibus aut tibiis, atque in cantu ipso ac vocibus concentus est quidam tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77;with tibiae,
Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59:Orpheus, Threïciā fretus citharā fidibusque canoris,
Verg. A. 6, 120:fidibus cantare alicui,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:fidibus canere praeclare,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122:uti,
id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:dicere longum melos,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 4:placare deos,
id. ib. 1, 36, 1:discere,
Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:docere aliquem,
id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:scire,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53:vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 12:fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet,
i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes in Latin poetry, id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—Sing. ( poet.):2.sume fidem et pharetram: fies manifestus Apollo,
Ov. H. 15, 23; so,Teïa,
Hor. C. 1, 17, 18:Cyllenea,
id. Epod. 13, 9:quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem,
id. C. 1, 24, 14.—Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—B.Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre:* II.cedit clara Fides Cyllenia,
Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12;in the form Fidis,
Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument:quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus,
Prud. Cath. 3, 81. -
7 tutela
tūtēla, ae, f. [st2]1 [-] abri, protection, garde, surveillance. [st2]2 [-] conservation (des édifices...). [st2]3 [-] entretien (du corps). [st2]4 [-] gardien, protecteur, défenseur. [st2]5 [-] celui qui est protégé. [st2]6 [-] tutelle (administration des biens d'un enfant mineur). [st2]7 [-] biens en tutelle, patrimoine d'un pupille. [st2]8 [-] la personne en tutelle, pupille (celui ou celle qui est en tutelle). - tutelam praestare contra frigora, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30: garantir contre le froid. - tutelam alicui rei gerere, Plaut.: être chargé de la garde de qqch. - tutela legum, Ov.: maintien des lois. - tutela patriae, Ov.: défense de la patrie. - esse in tutela Apollonis, Cic.: être placé sous la protection d'Apollon. - subjici tutelae ratiōnis, Cic.: être mis sous la sauvegarde de la raison. - vacuum tutelā relinquere, Cic.: laisser sans défense, négliger. - tutela Capitolii, Plin.: entretien du Capitole. - villa non sumptuosā tutelā, Plin.-jn.: maison d'un entretien peu coûteux. - homo, tutelae anxiae, Sen.: l'homme dont la conservation entraîne mille soucis. - tutela pecudum, Col.: soin des troupeaux. - tutela Pelasgi nominis, Ov.: (Achille) le soutien des Grecs. - tutela loci, Petr.: divinité protectrice d'un lieu. - di quibus est tutela per agros, Prop. 3, 13: dieux qui veillez sur les campagnes. - tutela podagrae, Grat. Cyn. 478.: remède contre la goutte. - tutelam gerere, Liv.: exercer la tutelle. - tutelā muliebri, Liv. 1, 3: grâce à la régence d'une femme. - tutelam exigere (reposcere): demander des comptes de tutelle. - venire in tutelam suam, Cic.: sortir de tutelle, atteindre sa majorité. - tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10: sortir de tutelle, atteindre sa majorité.* * *tūtēla, ae, f. [st2]1 [-] abri, protection, garde, surveillance. [st2]2 [-] conservation (des édifices...). [st2]3 [-] entretien (du corps). [st2]4 [-] gardien, protecteur, défenseur. [st2]5 [-] celui qui est protégé. [st2]6 [-] tutelle (administration des biens d'un enfant mineur). [st2]7 [-] biens en tutelle, patrimoine d'un pupille. [st2]8 [-] la personne en tutelle, pupille (celui ou celle qui est en tutelle). - tutelam praestare contra frigora, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30: garantir contre le froid. - tutelam alicui rei gerere, Plaut.: être chargé de la garde de qqch. - tutela legum, Ov.: maintien des lois. - tutela patriae, Ov.: défense de la patrie. - esse in tutela Apollonis, Cic.: être placé sous la protection d'Apollon. - subjici tutelae ratiōnis, Cic.: être mis sous la sauvegarde de la raison. - vacuum tutelā relinquere, Cic.: laisser sans défense, négliger. - tutela Capitolii, Plin.: entretien du Capitole. - villa non sumptuosā tutelā, Plin.-jn.: maison d'un entretien peu coûteux. - homo, tutelae anxiae, Sen.: l'homme dont la conservation entraîne mille soucis. - tutela pecudum, Col.: soin des troupeaux. - tutela Pelasgi nominis, Ov.: (Achille) le soutien des Grecs. - tutela loci, Petr.: divinité protectrice d'un lieu. - di quibus est tutela per agros, Prop. 3, 13: dieux qui veillez sur les campagnes. - tutela podagrae, Grat. Cyn. 478.: remède contre la goutte. - tutelam gerere, Liv.: exercer la tutelle. - tutelā muliebri, Liv. 1, 3: grâce à la régence d'une femme. - tutelam exigere (reposcere): demander des comptes de tutelle. - venire in tutelam suam, Cic.: sortir de tutelle, atteindre sa majorité. - tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10: sortir de tutelle, atteindre sa majorité.* * *Tutela, tutelae, pen. prod. Paulus iuriscons. Tutelle.\Diffusa et negotiosa tutela. Paulus iuriscon. Grande et en laquelle y a beaucoup d'affaires.\Testamentaria tutela. Vlp. Ordonnee par testament.\Abire tutela. Vlpian. Quicter et abandonner la tutelle, Se deporter de la tutelle.\Agere tutelae cum tutore. Vlpian. Avoir action et procez contre le tuteur à cause de la tutelle.\Agnoscere tutelam. Vlpian. Approuver, Accepter, Avoir aggreable.\Attingere tutelam non debet, qui tutor non est. Vlpian. Il n'y doibt point toucher, Il ne s'en doibt point mesler en entremettre.\Concedere vacationem tutelarum alicui. Callist. Qu'il ne soit point contrainct d'estre tuteur.\Conuenire aliquem tutelae. Vlpian. Le faire convenir en jugement, à raison de la tutelle qu'il a administree.\Dari ad tutelam. Papinianus. Estre ordonné ou esleu tuteur.\Deponere tutelam. Paulus iurisconsul. Se descharger de la tutelle.\Desperata vrbis tutela. Liu. Quand il n'y a plus d'esperance de povoir defendre la ville contre les ennemis.\Durare in tutela. Vlpian. Demourer en tutelle.\Factus suae tutelae dicitur pupillus. Vlpian. Quand il est hors de tutelle, Quand il est majeur, ou seigneur de soy, et use de ses droicts.\Latere in tutela ac praesidio alicuius. Cic. En la garde et protection, ou defense.\Venisse in suam tutelam dicitur aliquis. Iabolenus. Quand il est hors de tutelle, et est devenu majeur, Quand il est venu à ses droicts. -
8 ara
[st1]1 [-] āra, ae, f.: - [abcl][b]a - autel (du foyer). - [abcl]b - refuge, protection, asile, secours. - [abcl]c - pierre funéraire.[/b] - aram tangere (tenere), Virg.: mettre la main sur l'autel (pour jurer). - pro aris et focis pugnare: combattre pour ses autels et ses foyers (pour ses biens les plus chers). - aram occupare, Plaut.: s'attacher à l'autel, embrasser l'autel (comme suppliant). - ad aram legum confugere, Cic.: recourir à la protection des lois. - prima velut ara Vesuvius, Flor.: le Vésuve fut leur premier asile. - venias portus et ara tuis, Ov.: arrive, toi, le port et le refuge des tiens. - ara sepulcri, Virg.: bûcher (pour brûler les morts). - Ara: l'Autel (constellation). - Ara Ubiorum: l'Autel des Ubiens (= Bonn, ville de Germanie). - Arae + déterminant: les Autels... (pour indiquer une localité). - Arae Alexandri: les Autels d'Alexandrie (ville de la Cilicie). - Arae Flaviae: les Autels Flaviens (ville de Rhétie) - voir hors site ara. [st1]2 [-] ăra, ae, f. (= hara): - [abcl][b]a - porcherie. - [abcl]b - poulailler. - [abcl]c - ordure (à propos de qqn).[/b]* * *[st1]1 [-] āra, ae, f.: - [abcl][b]a - autel (du foyer). - [abcl]b - refuge, protection, asile, secours. - [abcl]c - pierre funéraire.[/b] - aram tangere (tenere), Virg.: mettre la main sur l'autel (pour jurer). - pro aris et focis pugnare: combattre pour ses autels et ses foyers (pour ses biens les plus chers). - aram occupare, Plaut.: s'attacher à l'autel, embrasser l'autel (comme suppliant). - ad aram legum confugere, Cic.: recourir à la protection des lois. - prima velut ara Vesuvius, Flor.: le Vésuve fut leur premier asile. - venias portus et ara tuis, Ov.: arrive, toi, le port et le refuge des tiens. - ara sepulcri, Virg.: bûcher (pour brûler les morts). - Ara: l'Autel (constellation). - Ara Ubiorum: l'Autel des Ubiens (= Bonn, ville de Germanie). - Arae + déterminant: les Autels... (pour indiquer une localité). - Arae Alexandri: les Autels d'Alexandrie (ville de la Cilicie). - Arae Flaviae: les Autels Flaviens (ville de Rhétie) - voir hors site ara. [st1]2 [-] ăra, ae, f. (= hara): - [abcl][b]a - porcherie. - [abcl]b - poulailler. - [abcl]c - ordure (à propos de qqn).[/b]* * *Ara, huius arae. Un autel.\In aram confugere. Cic. Se mettre en franchise.\Ab aris puluinaribusque detrahere. Ci. Tirer hors de franchise.\Vsque ad aras esse amicum. Gell. Faire à son ami tout le plaisir qu'on peult, sauf la conscience.\Arae planctibus vallantur. Stat. Sont environnez de femmes qui pleurent.\Frigida ara. Valer. Flac. Sur lequel on ne fait point de sacrifice.\Ara fumida. Ouid. Fumant à cause des sacrifices.\Arae destinare aliquem. Virgil. Le destiner ou deputer à estre immolé et sacrifié.\Aras exorare. Ouid. Obtenir et impetrer de Dieu ce de quoy on l'a prié, Estre exaucé de Dieu.\Aras incestare. Stat. Souiller, Polluer.\Placare aras odoratis ignibus. Ouid. Appaiser Dieu, etc.\Promittere aris. Stat. Vouer, Promettre.\Ara sita alicui. Tacit. Autel edifié en l'honneur de quelcun. -
9 praesidium
praesidĭum, ĭi, n. [st1]1 [-] troupes qui gardent un lieu ou une personne: poste, avant-poste, garnison, corps de réserve; garde, escorte. - locum praesidiis confirmare, Cic. Agr. 1.5.16: garnir un lieu de combattants. - Italia tota praesidiis tenetur, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1: l'Italie entière est occuoée militairement. - praesidium in loco constituere, Caes.: établir une garnison dans un lieu. - praesidium ex oppido educere, Caes. BC. 1, 13: évacuer une place, retirer de la place la garnison. - praesidia deducere, Caes. B. G. 2.33: amener du renfort. - trinis praesidiis occurrere, Tac.: s'avancer en trois corps séparés. - cum praesidio venire, Cic.: venir avec une escorte. - praesidium dare, Nep.: donner une garde. [st1]2 [-] lieu où se tiennent les troupes: poste d'observation, poste de défense; citadelle, fort, position (fortifiée), camp; poste confié à un soldat. - procul in praesidio fuit, ne... Nep. Timol. 1, 4: il s'établit de loin en observation, pour empêcher que... - milites in praesidiis imponere, Caes.: placer des soldats dans des postes. - obsidium coepit per praesidia, Tac. An. 4: il commença le siège en élevant des redoutes. - praesidium munire, Caes.: fortifier une position. - in adversariorum praesidiis occisi, Cic. Rosc. Am. 43: tués dans les rangs ennemis. - praesidium relinquere (praesidio decedere): quitter son poste, déserter son poste. - de praesidio vitae decedere, Cic. Sen. 26, 73: abandonner le poste de la vie. - praesidio alicui esse: servir de défense à qqn, de protection à qqn; défendre qqn, protéger quelqu’un. - esse praesidio impedimentis, Caes.: protéger les bagages. [st1]3 [-] garde, défense, secours, aide, assistance, protection à main armée; ressource, moyen, voie. - ferre praesidium alicui, Liv.: aller au secours de qqn. - ad praesidium regiōnis, Liv.: pour couvrir le pays. - praesidio alicui esse (double dat.): protéger qqn. - milites velut praesidio stetere, Tac.: les soldats furent sous les armes comme pour prêter main-forte. - absque meo praesidio, Plaut.: sans mon aide. - malleoli positi praesidii causā, Col.: marcottes plantées comme réserve. - praesidia dignitati parare, Flor.: chercher des appuis pour soutenir son crédit. - insigne praesidium reis Pollio, Hor.: Pollion, illustre soutien des accusés. - praesidium ad vitam beatam, Cic.: moyen de vivre heureux. - quod satis esset praesidii, dedit, Nep. Them. 8, 5: il lui fournit tout ce qui était nécessaire à sa subsistance. - omnia naturae et doctrinae praesidia, Cic.: toutes les ressources de la nature et de l'art. [st1]4 [-] secours, remède. - praesidio esse morbis (praesidio esse contra morbos), Plin.: être un remède efficace contre les maux.* * *praesidĭum, ĭi, n. [st1]1 [-] troupes qui gardent un lieu ou une personne: poste, avant-poste, garnison, corps de réserve; garde, escorte. - locum praesidiis confirmare, Cic. Agr. 1.5.16: garnir un lieu de combattants. - Italia tota praesidiis tenetur, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1: l'Italie entière est occuoée militairement. - praesidium in loco constituere, Caes.: établir une garnison dans un lieu. - praesidium ex oppido educere, Caes. BC. 1, 13: évacuer une place, retirer de la place la garnison. - praesidia deducere, Caes. B. G. 2.33: amener du renfort. - trinis praesidiis occurrere, Tac.: s'avancer en trois corps séparés. - cum praesidio venire, Cic.: venir avec une escorte. - praesidium dare, Nep.: donner une garde. [st1]2 [-] lieu où se tiennent les troupes: poste d'observation, poste de défense; citadelle, fort, position (fortifiée), camp; poste confié à un soldat. - procul in praesidio fuit, ne... Nep. Timol. 1, 4: il s'établit de loin en observation, pour empêcher que... - milites in praesidiis imponere, Caes.: placer des soldats dans des postes. - obsidium coepit per praesidia, Tac. An. 4: il commença le siège en élevant des redoutes. - praesidium munire, Caes.: fortifier une position. - in adversariorum praesidiis occisi, Cic. Rosc. Am. 43: tués dans les rangs ennemis. - praesidium relinquere (praesidio decedere): quitter son poste, déserter son poste. - de praesidio vitae decedere, Cic. Sen. 26, 73: abandonner le poste de la vie. - praesidio alicui esse: servir de défense à qqn, de protection à qqn; défendre qqn, protéger quelqu’un. - esse praesidio impedimentis, Caes.: protéger les bagages. [st1]3 [-] garde, défense, secours, aide, assistance, protection à main armée; ressource, moyen, voie. - ferre praesidium alicui, Liv.: aller au secours de qqn. - ad praesidium regiōnis, Liv.: pour couvrir le pays. - praesidio alicui esse (double dat.): protéger qqn. - milites velut praesidio stetere, Tac.: les soldats furent sous les armes comme pour prêter main-forte. - absque meo praesidio, Plaut.: sans mon aide. - malleoli positi praesidii causā, Col.: marcottes plantées comme réserve. - praesidia dignitati parare, Flor.: chercher des appuis pour soutenir son crédit. - insigne praesidium reis Pollio, Hor.: Pollion, illustre soutien des accusés. - praesidium ad vitam beatam, Cic.: moyen de vivre heureux. - quod satis esset praesidii, dedit, Nep. Them. 8, 5: il lui fournit tout ce qui était nécessaire à sa subsistance. - omnia naturae et doctrinae praesidia, Cic.: toutes les ressources de la nature et de l'art. [st1]4 [-] secours, remède. - praesidio esse morbis (praesidio esse contra morbos), Plin.: être un remède efficace contre les maux.* * *Praesidium, praesidii. Caesar. La garnison des gents de guerre qu'on met en une ville.\Praesidia, pro castris. Cic. Le camp, et le fort.\Praesidium statiuum. Cic. Mortes payes. B.\Agitare praesidium. Tacit. Estre en garnison.\Inutile praesidium ferri. Claud. L'aide des armes.\In meis castris, praesidiisque versaris, mea est ista defensio. Cic. Dedens mon fort.\Praesidium, per translationem. Terent. Tout aide et secours.\Qui praesidia contra feras inuenerunt. Cic. Defense.\Gerere praesidium. Plin. Donner secours et aide.\Praesidium esse alicui. Terent. Luy secourir et aider, Luy estre confort et aide. -
10 fidēs
fidēs gen. (rare), usu. fidē (H., O.), once fidēī (Enn. ap. C.), once fidei (disyl., T.); dat. fidē, S., H., fidei (disyl., T.), f [1 FID-], trust, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief: si visis fides non est habenda: alcui summam omnium rerum fidem habere, Cs.: habebunt verba fidem, si, etc., find acceptance, H.: testimonio fidem tribuere: ubi prima fides pelago, as soon as they can trust, V.: orationi adfert fidem: fidem facit oratio, commands belief: aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat, Cs.: vati Si qua fides, may be believed, V.: omnibus abrogatur fides: imminuit orationis fidem: Multa fidem promissa levant, H.: addat fidem, give credence, Ta.: fac fidem, te nihil quaerere, etc., evince: fides mi apud hunc est, nil me istius facturum, T.—In business, credit: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, Cs.: fides de foro sublata erat: fidem abrogare, L.: fides deficere coepit: nisi fide staret res p., opibus non staturam, L.: quorum res fidesque in manibus sitae erant, i. e. entire resources, S.—Meton., trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty, truth, good faith: fundamentum iustitiae est fides: fide vestrā fretus: homo antiquā virtute ac fide, T.: prisca, V.: homo sine fide: hinc fides, illinc fraudatio: regni: in fide manere, Cs.: Ubii experimento fidei conlocati, because of their tried fidelity, Ta.: praestare fidem: prodere, S.: mutare, S.: de pace cum fide agere, L.: periura patris, perjured faith, H.: omnem tabularum fidem resignare, credibility: fides eius rei penes auctores erit, S.: maiora fide gessit, beyond belief, O.: segetis certa fides meae, faithfulness (in production), H.— Fulfilment, faithfulness (to a promise): Dicta fides sequitur, O.: promissa Exhibuere fidem, were fulfilled, O.: en haec promissa fides est? the fulfilment of the oracle? V.—In the legal phrase, ex bonā fide, or ex fide bonā, in good faith, with sincerity, without guile ; cf. mala fides, deception, dishonesty.—Praegn., a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation: fidem hosti datam fallere: inter se fidem dare, Cs.: obligare fidem vobis, plight one's faith: fidem servare, Cs.: fides iuris iurandi cum hoste servanda: fidem suam liberare, perform his promise: fidem exsolvere, L.: fidem amittere, N.: istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti: quantum mea fides studii mihi adferat, plighted word: contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem, confirmed, L.: fide rerum tradere, with accurate knowledge, Ta.— A promise of protection, pledge of safety, safe-conduct, assurance, guaranty, protection, guardian care: fidem ei publicam iussu senatūs dedi: si fides publica data esset, S.: privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, S.: fide acceptā a legatis, vim abfuturam, L.: quaere in cuius fide sint: in fidem Achaeorum castella tradere, L.: in alicuius fidem ac potestatem venire, Cs.: civitas in Catonis fide locata: alqm in fidem suam recipere: iura fidemque Supplicis erubuit (Achilles), due to a suppliant, V.: deūm atque hominum fidem implorabis.— Ellipt., in exclamations: Di vostram fidem! by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! T.: pro deūm fidem, T.: pro deorum atque hominum fidem.—Person., Faith, Truth: Fidem violare: Cana, V.: albo rara Fides Velata panno, H.* * *Ifaith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faithIIchord, instrument string; constellation Lyra; stringed instrument (pl.); lyre -
11 mūnīmentum
mūnīmentum (old moen-, Enn. ap. C.), ī, n [munio], a defence, fortification, intrenchment, rampart, bulwark, protection: ullum, quo cedentes tenderent, S.: instar muri munimentum praebere, Cs.: regni (i. e. flumina), Cu.: lacernae, Munimenta togae, Iu.—Fig., defence, protection, shelter: rati noctem sibi munimento fore, S.: tribuniciam potestatem, munimentum libertati, reparare, L.* * *fortification, bulwark; defense, protection -
12 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.):(β).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.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.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.—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:(β).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.—Of things:2.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.—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.:(β).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.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—With dat. pers.:(γ).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.—With item:(δ).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.—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;(ε).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.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.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.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:2.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.—Of mental exertion:3.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. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—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:(γ).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.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.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.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.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.—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:8.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.—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, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—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:(β).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.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).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.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).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.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).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.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.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.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.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.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).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.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).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.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.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.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.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.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.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. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).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.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).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.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).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.—To an attributive genitive:2.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.—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;b.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.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.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.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:b.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.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.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.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.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.—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:(β).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.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).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.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).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.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.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.—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;(β).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.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).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.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).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.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —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:(β).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.—Vel contra:(γ).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.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.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. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—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);b.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.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).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.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.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.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.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.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:(β).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.—With ac:(γ).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.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.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.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.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.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;b.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.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.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.—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:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.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.—Of places on the human body:2.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. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.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.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(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.—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.:e.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.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:f.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.—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:(β).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. —Contra aliquem ire:3.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.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.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.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.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,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):d.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.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.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).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.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. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.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.—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:(β).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.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).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.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.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. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.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.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).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.—Of political speaking:f.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.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.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.—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, 6:3.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.—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:4.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.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—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:(β).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.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.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.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.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.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.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.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).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.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).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.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.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.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.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.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.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.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).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.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).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. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).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.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).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.—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;4.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.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.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.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.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.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.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.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.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.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on substt.:c.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.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.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.—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:(β).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.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).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.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.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.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.b.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. —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.):c.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.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.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).—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:F.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).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.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.—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. -
13 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.):(β).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.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.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.—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:(β).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.—Of things:2.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.—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.:(β).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.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—With dat. pers.:(γ).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.—With item:(δ).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.—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;(ε).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.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.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.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:2.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.—Of mental exertion:3.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. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—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:(γ).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.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.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.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.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.—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:8.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.—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, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—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:(β).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.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).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.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).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.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).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.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.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.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.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.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).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.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).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.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.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.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.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.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.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. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).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.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).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.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).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.—To an attributive genitive:2.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.—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;b.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.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.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.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:b.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.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.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.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.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.—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:(β).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.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).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.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).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.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.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.—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;(β).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.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).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.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).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.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —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:(β).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.—Vel contra:(γ).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.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.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. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—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);b.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.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).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.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.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.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.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.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:(β).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.—With ac:(γ).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.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.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.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.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.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;b.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.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.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.—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:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.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.—Of places on the human body:2.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. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.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.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(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.—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.:e.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.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:f.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.—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:(β).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. —Contra aliquem ire:3.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.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.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.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.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,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):d.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.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.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).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.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. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.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.—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:(β).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.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).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.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.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. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.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.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).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.—Of political speaking:f.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.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.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.—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, 6:3.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.—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:4.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.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—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:(β).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.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.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.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.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.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.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.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).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.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).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.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.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.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.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.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.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.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).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.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).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. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).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.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).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.—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;4.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.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.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.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.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.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.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.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.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.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on substt.:c.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.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.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.—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:(β).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.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).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.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.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.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.b.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. —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.):c.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.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.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).—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:F.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).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.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.—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. -
14 praesidium
praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].I.Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:II.proficisci praesidio suis,
Nep. Ages. 3:praesidio esse alicui,
id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,
id. Sull. 18, 51:absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,
Cic. Mur. 10, 22:Veneris praesidio ferox,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19:regale,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—Transf.A.That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:2.ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:armatorum,
id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:O et praesidium,
protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:quantum praesidium perdis,
Verg. A. 11, 58.—In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:B.praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,
garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:(turres) praesidiis firmare,
with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,
Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:obsidere atque occupare,
id. ib. 2, 28, 75:ex oppido educere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 13:dimittere,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:oppido imponere,
Liv. 24, 7:praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,
an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:praesidium ex arce expellere,
a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:praesidium ex regionibus depellere,
id. Paus. 2, 1:praesidia interficere,
troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:praesidia custodiasque disponere,
posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,
troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:praesidia deducere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 33:galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,
Juv. 8, 239.—Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:C.qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,
leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:praesidio decedere,
Liv. 4, 29:procul in praesidio esse,
Nep. Timol. 1, 4:praesidium occupare et munire,
Caes. B. C. 3, 45:cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,
id. B. G. 7, 87:milites in praesidiis disponere,
id. ib. 7, 34:in praesidiis esse,
in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:in adversariorum praesidiis,
id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,
fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:obsidium coepit per praesidia,
redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,
Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:2.quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,
every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,
id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,
id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,
Col. 12, 50:praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,
Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:fortissimum praesidium pudoris,
Cic. Sull. 28, 77:insigne maestis praesidium reis,
Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,
Juv. 7, 23.—In partic., a remedy against diseases:aurium morbis praesidium est,
Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:contra serpentes praesidio esse,
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15 pro
1.prō (archaic collat. form, posi in posimerium; cf. pono, from posino; cf. Gr. poti and pot with pros), adv. and prep. [root in Sanscr. prep. pra-, before, as in prathamas, first; Gr. pro; cf.: proteros, prôtos, etc.; Lat.: prae, prior, priscus, etc.; perh. old abl. form, of which prae is the loc. ], before, in front of; and, transf., for, with the idea of protection, substitution, or proportion.I.Adv., found only in the transf. comp. signif. (v. infra, II. B. 3.) in connection with quam and ut: pro quam and pro ut (the latter usually written in one word, prout), like prae quam and prae ut.* A.Pro quam, in proportion as, just as:B.nec satis est, pro quam largos exaestuat aestus,
Lucr. 2, 1137. —Pro ut or prout, according as, in proportion, accordingly, proportionably as, just as, as (class.):II.compararat argenti bene facti, prout Thermitani hominis facultates ferebant, satis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto,
id. Att. 11, 6 fin.:id, prout cujusque ingenium erat, interpretabantur,
Liv. 38, 50:prout locus iniquus aequusve his aut illis, prout animus pugnantium est, prout numerus, varia pugnae fortuna est,
id. 38, 40 fin. —With a corresp. ita:ejusque rationem ita haberi, prout haberi lege liceret,
Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 46:prout sedes ipsa est, ita varia genera morborum sunt,
Cels. 4, 4, 5:prout nives satiaverint, ita Nilum increscere,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51.—Prep. with abl. (late Lat. with acc.:A.PRO SALVTEM SVAM,
Inscr. Grut. 4, 12; 46, 9; Inscr. Orell. 2360), before, in front of.Lit., of place:2.sedens pro aede Castoris,
Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27:praesidia, quae pro templis cernitis,
id. Mil. 1, 2:ii qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 32:pro castris copias habere,
id. ib. 7, 66:pro castris dimicare,
id. ib. 5, 16:pro oppido,
id. ib. 7, 71:pro opere consistere,
Sall. J. 92, 9:castra pro moenibus locata,
Liv. 2, 53; 4, 17:pro muro,
id. 30, 10:pro castris explicare aciem,
id. 6, 23:pro vallo,
Plin. 2, 37, 37, § 101; Vell. 2, 19, 1.—With verbs of motion:Caesar pro castris suas copias produxit,
before the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:hasce tabulas hic ibidem pro pedibus tuis obicito,
before your feet, App. Mag. p. 337, 36; id. M. 4, p. 155, 2.—In partic., with the accessory idea of presence on the front part, on the edge or brink of a place, on or in the front of, often to be translated by a simple on or in:B.pro censu classis iuniorum, Serv. Tullius cum dixit, accipi debet in censu, ut ait M. Varro, sicuti pro aede Castoris, pro tribunali, pro testimonio,
Fest. p. 246 Müll.; cf.: pro significat in, ut pro rostris, pro aede, pro tribunali, Paul. ex Fest. p. 228 Müll.; and:pro sententia ac si dicatur in sententiā, ut pro rostris id est in rostris,
id. p. 226 Müll.: hac re pro suggestu pronunciata, qs. standing on the front part of the tribune, or, as we would say, on the tribune, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: pro tribunali cum aliquid ageretur, was transacted before or at my tribunal, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 21; so,pro tribunali,
id. Pis. 5, 11; id. Sest. 15, 34: pro contione, before the assembled army; and, in gen., before the assembly:laudatus pro contione Jugurtha,
Sall. J. 8, 2; cf. Curt. 9, 1, 1:pro contione laudibus legati militumque tollere animos,
Liv. 7, 7:fortes viros pro contione donantis,
Curt. 10, 5, 10:pro contione litteras recitare,
id. 4, 10, 16; Liv. 38, 23 fin.:pro contione palam utrumque temptavit,
Suet. Vesp. 7; Tac. A. 3, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 3: [p. 1448] 4, 5, 11; cf.:pro comitio,
Suet. Aug. 43:uti pro consilio imperatum erat,
in the council, Sall. J. 29, 6; cf.:supplicatio in triduum pro collegio decemvirūm imperata fuit,
Liv. 38, 36:pontifices pro collegio decrevisse,
Gell. 11, 3, 2:pro collegio pronuntiare,
Liv. 4, 26, 9:suas simultates pro magistratu exercere,
id. 39, 5:pro munimentis castelli manipulos explicat,
before, on the fortifications, Tac. A. 2, 80; 12, 33: stabat pro litore diversa acies, in front of or upon the shore, id. ib. 14, 30:legionem pro ripā componere,
id. ib. 12, 29:velamenta et infulas pro muris ostentant,
in front of, from the walls, Tac. H. 3, 31; so,pro muris,
id. A. 2, 81:ad hoc mulieres puerique pro tectis aedificiorum saxa et alia, quae locus praebebat, certatim mittere,
standing on the edge of the roofs, from the roofs, Sall. J. 67, 1 Kritz.—Transf.1.To signify a standing before or in front of, for defence or protection; hence an acting for, in behalf of, in favor of, for the benefit of, on the side of (opp. contra, adversum):2. a.veri inveniendi causā contra omnia dici oportere et pro omnibus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 60; cf.:hoc non modo non pro me, sed contra me est potius,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim etiam pro hoc esse,
id. Clu. 32, 88:difficillimum videtur quod dixi, pro ipsis esse quibus eveniunt ista, quae horremus ac tremimus,
Sen. Prov. 3, 2:haec cum contra legem proque lege dicta essent,
Liv. 34, 8: pro Romano populo armis certare, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 6 (Ann. v. 215 Vahl.); cf.: pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.): quae ego pro re publica fecissem, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:nihil ab eo praetermissum est, quod aut pro re publicā conquerendum fuit, aut pro eā disputandum,
Cic. Sest. 2, 3:omnia me semper pro amicorum periculis, nihil umquam pro me ipso deprecatum,
id. de Or. 2, 49, 201:convenit dimicare pro legibus, pro libertate, pro patriā,
id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43:dulce et decorum est pro patriā mori,
Hor. C. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. ib. 3, 19, 2:pro sollicitis non tacitus reis,
id. ib. 4, 1, 14:spondere levi pro paupere,
id. A. P. 423:urbes, quae viris aut loco pro hostibus et advorsum se opportunissumae erant,
Sall. J. 88, 4:nec aliud adversus validissimas gentes pro nobis utilius, quam, etc.,
Tac. Agr. 12:et locus pro vobis et nox erit, Liv 9, 24, 8: et loca sua et genus pugnae pro hoste fuere,
id. 39, 30, 3:pro Corbulone aetas, patrius mos... erant: contra, etc.,
Tac. A. 3, 31; id. H. 4, 78; Curt. 4, 14, 16.—In gen.: numquam ego argentum pro vino congiario... disdidi, Cato ap. Front. p. 149:b.ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:ego pro te molam,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 29; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13:mutata (ea dico), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud... ut cum minutum dicimus animum pro parvo, etc.,
id. Or. 27, 92 sq.; cf.:libenter etiam copulando verba jungebant, ut sodes pro si audes, sis pro si vis... ain' pro aisne, nequire pro non quire, malle pro magis velle, nolle pro non velle. Dein etiam saepe et exin pro deinde et exinde dicimus,
id. ib. 45, 154:pro vitulā statuis dulcem Aulide natam, Hor S. 2, 3, 199: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,
id. ib. 1, 3, 61; cf. Suet. Caes. 70:pro ope ferendā sociis pergit ipse ire, etc.,
Liv. 23, 28, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.; Zumpt, Gram. § 667; cf.:pro eo, ut ipsi ex alieno agro raperent, suas terras, etc.,
Liv. 22, 1, 2.—Esp. freq. in connection with the title of any officer, to denote his substitute' pro consule, pro praetore, pro quaestore, pro magistro, etc. (afterwards joined into one word, as proconsul, propraetor, proquaestor, promagister, etc.), proconsul, proprœtor, proquœstor, vice-director:c.cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens Athenas venissem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 82; cf.:cum L. Philippus pro consulibus eum se mittere dixit, non pro consule,
instead of the consuls, not as proconsul, id. Phil. 11, 8, 18:nec pro praetore, Caesarem (vocat),
id. ib. 13, 10, 22; Liv. 35, 1. cum Alexandriae pro quaestore essem, Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11' cf.:litteris Q. Caepionis Bruti pro consule... Q. Hortensii pro consule opera, etc.,
id. Phil. 10, 11, 26: P. Terentius operas in portu et scripturā Asiae pro magistro dedit, id. Att. 11, 10, 1; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; see also the words proconsul, promagister, propraetor, proquaestor, etc.—So of price, penalty, etc., in exchange, in return for:3.tres minas pro istis duobus dedi,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 138; id. Aul. 3, 3, 8:pro hujus peccatis ego supplicium sufferam,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 17:dimidium ejus quod pactus esset, pro carmine daturum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 351:pro vitā hominis nisi hominis vita reddatur, non posse deorum inmortalium numen placari,
Caes. B. G. 6, 16:id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae hostibus redditum,
Liv. 7, 19, 3:vos, pro paternis sceleribus, poenas date,
Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21:pro crimine poenas,
Ov. Ib. 621.—Pro is also frequently used to denote the viewing, judging, considering, representing of a thing as something, for, the same as, just as, as:4.pro sano loqueris, quom me appellas nomine,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24:sese ducit pro adulescentulo,
id. Stich. 3, 1, 65; id. Cist. 1, 3, 24:hunc Eduxi a parvulo, habui, amavi pro meo,
as my own, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 23:Cato ille noster qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus,
whose voice I regard as equal to that of thousands, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1:Siciliam nobis non pro penariā cellā, sed pro aerario fuisse,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5:P. Sestio pro occiso relictus est,
id. Sest. 38, 81; Caes. B. G. 3, 109:cum pro damnato mortuoque esset,
as good as condemned and dead, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:summa ratio, quae sapientibus pro necessitate est,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:negotia pro solatiis accipiens,
Tac. A. 4, 13:consuli pro hostibus esse,
Liv. 43, 5, 4:adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,
as a boaster, Liv. 39, 49: quoniam de adventu Caesaris pro certo habebamus, to consider as certain, Mat. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 15, 6 et saep.; v. certus.—Esp. in certain phrases: pro eo, for the same thing, as just the same:5.ut si a Caesare, quod speramus, impetrarimus, tuo beneficio nos id consecutos esse judicemus: sin minus, pro eo tantum id habeamus, cum a te data sit opera, ut impetraremus,
Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 5.—With the particles of comparison: atque ( ac), ac si, quasi, just the same as, even as, as though: pro eo ac debui, just as was my duty, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:pro eo ac si concessum sit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 32, 54:pro eo est atque si adhibitus non esset,
Dig. 28, 1, 22:pro eo erit quasi ne legatum quidem sit,
ib. 30, 1, 38: pro eo quod, for the reason that, because:pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magnā apud omnes gloriā,
Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 75: pro eo quod pluribus verbis vos quam volui fatigavi, veniam a vobis petitam velim, Liv 38, 49 fin. —On account of, for the sake of:6.dolor pro patriā,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24:tumultus pro recuperandā re publicā,
id. Brut. 90, 311 dub. (B. and K. omit pro):dedit pro corpore nummos, i. e. to rescue his person,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 43:aliquem amare pro ejus eximiā suavitate,
Cic. de Or 1, 55, 234:pro quibus meritis quanto opere dilectus sit,
Suet. Aug. 57:cum pro incolumitate principis vota susceperunt,
Tac. A. 4, 17:pro bono (= bene),
Sall. J. 22, 4.—Pro is used in its most general sense in stating the relation between two objects or actions, in proportion, in comparison with, according to or as, conformably to, by virtue of, for, etc.:► In composition the o is long in some words, in others short (through the influence of the Gr.meus pater nunc pro hujus verbis recte et sapienter facit,
according to his story, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133:tu pro oratione nec vir nec mulier mihi's,
id. Rud. 4, 4, 71: pro viribus tacere ac fabulari, according to one's ability, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 4 (Trag. v. 181 Vahl.):facere certum'st pro copiā ac sapientiā,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 8:agere pro viribus,
Cic. Sen. 9, 27:aliquem pro dignitate laudare,
id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:proelium atrocius quam pro numero pugnantium fuit,
Liv. 21, 29: pro imperio, by virtue of his office or authority:quia pro imperio palam interfici non poterat,
Liv. 1, 51, 2; hence, imperatively, dictatorially, summarily:nec illum ipsum submovere pro imperio posse more majorum,
id. 2, 56, 12 ' hem! satis pro imperio, quisquis es, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 18:pro tuā prudentiā,
Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2; 11, 12, 2:cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69:quibus aliquid opis fortasse ego pro meā, tu pro tuā, pro suā quisque parte ferre potuisset,
id. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pro virili parte, according to one's ability, id. Sest. 66, 138; Liv. praef. 2; Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 23. —Esp. freq.: pro ratā parte and pro ratā, in proportion, proportionably; v. ratus:pro se quisque,
each according to his ability, each one for himself, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 25; Verg. A. 12, 552 et saep.:pro tempore et pro re,
according to time and circumstances, Caes. B. G. 5, 8:pro facultatibus,
Nep. Epam. 3, 5.—Pro eo, quantum, or ut, in proportion to, as, according to, according as:eāque pro eo, quantum in quoque sit ponderis, esse aestimanda,
Cic. Fin. 4, 21, 58:equidem pro eo, quanti te facio, quicquid feceris, approbabo,
id. Fam. 3, 3, 2: tamen pro eo ut temporis difficultas tulit, etc., L. Metell. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 126.pro-): prōdeo, prŏfiteor; and even in words borrowed from the Greek, as prōlogus.—Its signification has reference either to place, before, forwards; or to protection, for; procedo, procurro, profanus; procuro, propugno, prosum, protego.2. (α).With nom.:(β).proh! bonae frugi hominem te jam pridem esse arbitror,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: pro Juppiter! Enn. ap. Varr L. L. 7, § 12 Müll. (Trag. v 225 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 3, 17; id. Eun. 3, 5, 2; id. Ad. 1, 2, 31; cf.:pro supreme Juppiter,
id. ib. 2, 1, 42:pro Juppiter, Hominis stultitiam!
id. ib. 3, 3, 12:pro di immortales,
id. ib. 3, 4, 1; cf.: pro, dii immortales: Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:pro curia inversique mores!
Hor. C. 3, 5, 7:pro scelus,
Mart. 2, 46, 8.—Parenthet.:(γ).pro, quanta potentia regni Est, Venus alma, tui,
Ov. M. 13, 758:et mea, pro! nullo pondere verba cadunt,
id. H. 3, 98:tantum, pro! degeneramus a patribus,
Liv. 22, 14, 6; Curt. 4, 16, 10.—With acc.: pro divom fidem! Enn. ap. Don. ad. Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. v. 30 Vahl.); Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; cf.:(δ).pro deum atque hominum fidem!
id. And. 1, 5, 2; 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9; Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;instead of which, ellipt.: pro deum immortalium!
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 4:pro deum atque hominum,
id. Hec. 2, 1, 1:pro fidem deum! facinus foedum,
id. Eun. 5, 4, 21.—With gen.: pro malae tractationis! Tert. Poen. fin. -
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[ABCU]A - ad (arch. ar), prép. avec acc.: (Gaffiot P. 27-29 -- Lebaigue P. 20) [zapI]I [sens local] [zapA]A [idée générale de mouvement, de direction, au pr. et au fig.] [zapst]¶1 vers, à: legatos ad aliquem mittere: envoyer des ambassadeurs à qqn II avec les noms de lieu, ad exprime l'idée d'approche ou bien l'idée d'arrivée; l'idée d'entrée dans le lieu est exprimée par in: ad urbem proficisci, Caes. BC. 1, 32, 1: partir pour la ville [Rome] ; ad urbem venire, Cic. Verr. 2, 167: venir à la ville II avec les noms de villes et de petites îles, ad exprime la direction ou l'arrivée dans les environs: ad Genavam pervenit, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 1: il arriva près de Genève; ad Mutinam proficisci, Cic. Phil. 12, 8: partir pour Modène; dux classium fuit ad ilium, Cic. Div. 1, 87: il [Calchas] dirigea les flottes vers Ilion II [en lang. milit. vers, contre: ad hostes contendere, Caes. BG. 5, 9, 1: marcher contre les ennemis; ad castra pergere, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 8: se porter contre le camp II ad vim atque arma confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 78: chercher un refuge dans (recourir à) la force et les armes; ad insolitum genus dicendi labi, Cic. Sest. 119: se laisser glisser vers un genre de discours insolite ; [avec ellipse du v.] nunc ad ea quae scripsisti, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2: venons-en maintenant à ce que tu m'as écrit. [zapst]¶2 [idée d'attacher, lier]: ad terram naves deligare, Caes. BG. 4, 29, 2: attacher des vaisseaux au rivage II [idée d'ajouter, annexer]: complecti vis amplissimos vires ad tuum scelus, Cic. Pis. 75: tu veux envelopper dans ton crime les hommes les plus considérables; ad cetera volnera, Cic. Vat. 20: outre les autres blessures, cf. Clu. 30 ; Liv. 7, 16, 2; ad naves viginti quinque, Liv. 23, 38, 7: en plus des 25 navires, cf. 24, 45, 3 ; 25, 3, 7, etc ; ad haec, en outre: Varr. R. 3, 5, 11; Liv. 6, 20, 7, etc ; ou ad hoc, Sall. C. 14, 3 17, 4, etc ; ad id, Liv. 3,62, 1, etc. [zapst]¶3 [idée de diriger, incliner]: ad centuriones ora convertunt, Caes. G. 6, 39, 2: ils tournent leurs visages vers les centurions; omnium mentibus ad pugnam intentis, Caes. G. 3, 26, 2: l'attention de tous étant portée sur le combat; ad aegrotandum proclivitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 28: tendance (disposition) à la maladie; paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio, Caes. BG. 7,73, 5: la pente allant en se resserrant peu à peu vers le bas [en entonnoir] II ad omne periculum opponitur (consulatus), Cic. Mur. 87: (le consulat) s'expose à tous les dangers; ergo haec ad populum, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4, donc voilà pour le peuple. II [idée de protection, de defense contre]: ad meos impetus opponitur... Cic. Verr. 5, 2: à mes assauts on oppose. [zapst]¶4 [idée d'adresser par écrit, par la parole, etc.]: ad aliquem omnia in dies singulos persequi, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 1: envoyer à qqn une relation quotidienne de tous les événements; sibi a Lentulo ad Catilinam datas esse (litteras), Cic. Cat. 3, 12: que Lentulus lui avait remis une lettre à l'adresse de Catilina; epistula C. Verris ad Neronem, Cic. Verr. 1, 83: lettre de C. Verrès à Néron II [verbe non exprimé]: tu modo quam saepissime ad me aliquid, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 4: pourvu que tu m'envoies le plus souvent possible quelques lignes; velim scribas ad me primum placeatne tibi aliquid ad illum, Cic. Att. 13, 16, 2: je voudrais que tu m'écrives d'abord, si tu es d'avis que je lui dédie qq ouvrage. [zapst]¶5 [indication de distance, de limite] à, jusqu'à: ex eo oppido pons ad Helvetios pertinet, Caes. BG. 1, 6, 3: de cette ville un pont s'étend jusque chez les Helvètes; usque ad ultimas terras, Cic. Verr. 4, 64: jusqu'aux confins de la terre II [au fig.] ad vivum, Cic. Lael. 18: jusqu'au vif; ad plenum, Virg. G. 2, 244: jusqu'au plein; pecunia ad sanum modum habendi parata, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5: l'argent acquis jusqu'à un raisonnable degré de possession; non ad perfectum nec ad plenum, Sen. Ep. 71, 18: non pas jusqu'à la perfection ni à la plénitude; si ea mercatus esses ad eam summam quam volueram, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1: si tu avais fait l'achat en te limitant à la somme que je voulais II ad numerum obsides mittere, Caes. BG. 5, 20, 4: envoyer des otages jusqu'au nombre fixé; in eorum locum et ad eorum numerum, Cic. Verr. 5, 73: à leur place et en pareil nombre; equitatus omnis, ad numerum quattuor milium, Caes. BG. 1, 15, 1: toute la cavalerie, à l'effectif de 4.000 hommes; ad certum pondus examinare, Caes. BG. 5, 12, 4: peser jusqu'à un poids déterminé; Tossas ad eandem magnitudinem perficere, Caes. BC. 1, 42, 1: creuser des fossés à la même profondeur II ad verbum unum contracta brevitas, Cic. de Or. 3, 157: brièveté ramassée en un mot unique; numerum ad trecentorum summam explevit, Liv. 2, 1, 10: il compléta le nombre jusqu'à un total de 300 II usque ad novem, Cic. Ac. 2, 94: jusqu'à neuf; omnes ad unum, Cic. Lael. 86: tous jusqu'au dernier, tous sans exception; omnibus navibus ad unam incolumibus, Caes. BC. 3, 6, 3: tous les navires sans exception étant indemnes. [zapA]B [sans idée de mouvement] [zapst]¶1 près de, chez: fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta chez moi très longtemps; in servitute ad suum patrem manere, Plaut. Cap 49: rester comme esclave chez son propre père, cf. Ter. Haut. 979 ; Varr. R. 1, 17, 3; Cato. Agr. 7, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 9; Sen. Ep. 108, 4 II ad recuperatores dicere, Cic. Verr. 3, 68: parler devant les récupérateurs; ad judicem Cic. Br. 289: devant le juge; ad populum agere, Cic. Phil. 12, 17: plaider devant le peuple II ad exercitum manere, Caes. BG. 5, 53: rester à l'armée, cf. 7, 5, 3; ad Caesarem primum pilum ducere, Caes. BG. 6, 38, 1: être centurion primipile dans l'armée de César II ad pedes: près des pieds, aux pieds: Cic. Div. 1, 46 ; Sen. Ben. 3, 27, 1, etc. II ad omnes nationes sanctum nomen, Caes. BG. 3, 9, 3: titre sacré auprès de toutes les nations, cf. BG. 4, 16,7 ; 7, 5, 3 ; 21, 60, 4, etc. [zapst]¶2 [proximité d'un lieu] près de: ad urbem esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 21: être près de la ville [Rome]; ad oppidum constitit, Caes. BC. 1, 16, 4: il s'arrêta près de la ville; pons qui erat ad Genavam, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 2: le pont qui était près de Genève. II [en parl. de batailles]: proelium ad Nolam, Cic. Br. 12: bataille de Nola; ad Tenedum, Cic. Mur. 33: de Ténédos; ad Magetobrigam, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 12: à Magetobriga; ad Cannas, Liv. 23, 11, 7, etc. II à, dans [emploi rare]: ad villam ali, Cic. Amer. 44: se nourrir dans la maison de campagne; quae ad aedem Felicitatis sunt, Cic. Verr. 4, 4: [statues] qui sont dans le temple du Bonheur [ABCR]II [avec ellipse de aedem]: ad Castoris, Cic. Quinct. 17: près du temple de Castor; senatus ad Apollinis fuit, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 3: le sénat tint séance au temple d'Apollon. II du côté de, vers: pugnatur acriter ad novissimum agmen, Caes. BC. 1, 80, 5: le combat est acharné du côté de l'arrière-garde, cf. BC. 1, 63, 3 ; 2, 42, 5; castris ad eam partem oppidi positis? Caes. BG. 7, 17, 1: le camp ayant été établi de ce côté de la ville; equestribus proeliis ad aquam factis, Caes. BG. 5, 50, 1: des engagements de cavalerie ayant eu lieu près du ruisseau; ad laevam, ad dextram, Cic. Tim. 48: vers la gauche, vers la droite (à g., à dr.); ad pulvinaria, Cic. Cat. 3, 23: [près des coussins] à tous les temples; ad solarium, Cic. Quinct. 59: aux alentours du cadran solaire; ad speculum barbam vellere, Sen. Nat. 1, 17, 2: s'épiler devant un miroir; ad ignem coquere, Cato. Agr. 81: cuire au feu, sur le feu. [zapst]¶3 [adaptation accompagnement]: cantare ad chordarum sonum, Nep. Epam. 2, 1: chanter aux sons d'un instrument à cordes; ad tibicinem, Cic. Agr. 2, 93; Tusc. 1, 3, etc.: avec accompagnement du joueur de flûte II ad lucernam, Sen. Ir. 3, 18, 4: à la lueur d'une lampe, cf. Cic. Q. 3, 7, 2; ad faces, Sen. Brev. 20, 5: à la lueur des torches; ad lunam, Virg, En. 4, 513: à la lumière de la lune; ad clepsydram, Cic. de Or. 3, 138: sous le contrôle de la clepsydre [avec un temps mesuré]. [zapst]¶4 [adhérence]: ad radices linguae haerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 135: fixé à la base de la langue; ad saxa inhaerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 100: attaché aux rochers. [zapst]¶5 [participation à], [au lieu de scribendo adesse, Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5, etc.] ad scribendum esse: être à (participer à) la rédaction d'un sénatus-consulte: Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 ; Fam. 12, 29, 2. [zapI]II [sens temporel]: [zapst]¶1 jusqu'à: ad summam senectutem, Cic. Br. 179: jusqu'à la plus grande vieillesse; usque ad hanc diem, Cic. Verr. 4, 130; ad hanc diem, Cic. Cat. 3, 17: jusqu'aujourd'hui; ad hoc tempus, Cic. Verr. 3, 216: jusqu'au moment présent; ad multam noctem, Caes. BG. 1, 26, 3: jusqu'à un moment avancé de la nuit; ad nostram memoriam, Nep. Them.10, 3: jusqu'à notre époque; ad reditum nostrum, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3: jusqu'à notre retour; veteres illi usque ad Socratem, Cic. de Or. 3, 72: ces anciens jusqu'à Socrate. [zapst]¶2 [approximation] vers: ad vesperam, Catul. 2, 6: sur le soir; ad lucem, Cic. Div. 1, 99: vers le point du jour; ad extremam orationem, Caes. BG. 7, 53, 1: sur la fin du discours; ad exitum defensionis tuae, Cic. Verr. 5, 32: (sur) à la fin de ta défense; ad adventum imperatorum, Nep. Att. 10, 2: à l'arrivée des triumvirs, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 17,3; 13, 15, 2. [zapst]¶3 [précision] à: ad diem, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 1: au jour fixé, cf. 7, 77, 10 ; Cic. Off. 3, 45; ad idus, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 6: aux ides; ad tempus: à temps, au moment opportun Cic. Verr. 1, 141; Caes. BG. 4, 23, 5 [mais Fin. 5, 1 et Att. 16, 2, 2, au moment fixé] ; ad extremum, Cic. Or. 174 ; de Or. 1, 142: enfin. [zapst]¶4 [durée limitée, sens voisin de jusqu'à] pour: brevis est et ad tempus, Cic. Off. 1, 27: [passion qui] est courte et pour un temps; bestiae ex se natos amant ad quoddam tempus, Cic. Lael. 27: les bêtes aiment leur progéniture pour un temps limité; ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 24, 5: élu provisoirement, cf. 21, 25, 14. [zapst]¶5 [avenir] dans: ad annum, Cic. Att 5, 2, 1, [il sera tribun de la plèbe] dans un an, l'année prochaine, cf. de Or. 3, 92; ad decem milia annorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 90: dans 10.000 ans. [zapI]III [rapports variés]: [zapst]¶1 pour, en vue de [avec les verbes qui signifient exhorter à, pousser à, préparer à, disposer pour; se servir pour; travailler à; envoyer pour, etc. ; avec les adjectifs et, d'une manière générale, les expressions qui marquent le but ; très souvent ad est suivi du gérondif ou de l'adj. verbal]: ad celeritatem onerandi paulo facit humiliores (naves), Caes. BG. 5, 1, 2: en vue de la promptitude du chargement, il fait faire les vaisseaux un peu plus bas; ad omnes casus, Caes. BG. 4, 31, 2, etc.: (en vue de) pour toutes les éventualités; naves factae ad quamvis vim perferendam, Caes. BG. 3, 13, 3: navires faits pour supporter n'importe quelle violence; tu omnia ad pacem; ego omnia ad libertatem, Cic. ad Br. 2, 7, 1: [ellipse du verbe] toi, c'était tout pour la paix; moi, tout pour la liberté; non ad eam rem, sed ut... Cic. Tusc. 49: ce n'est pas dans cette intention, c'est pour que... ; ad hoc, ut + subj. Liv. 28, 39, 7; 45, 39, 8: en vue de, pour que. [zapst]¶2 [marquant le résultat, l'aboutissement]: ex agresti vita exculti ad humanitatem, Cic. Lep. 2, 36: façonnés et amenés d'une vie sauvage à la civilisation; efferavit ea caedes Thebanos ad execrabile odium Romanorum, Liv. 33, 29, 1: ce meurtre déchaîna les Thébains et leur inspira une haine implacable contre les Romains; mutatis repente ad misericordiam animis, Liv. 24, 26, 14: la fureur populaire s'étant changée soudain en compassion II ad necem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 34: [frapper] jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive; ad insaniam aliquid concupiscere, Cic. Verr. 2, 87: désirer qqch jusqu'à être fou; nihil intolerabile ad demittendum animum, nimis laetabile ad ecferendum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37: rien qui soit intolérable, au point d'abattre l'âme, qui cause trop de joie, au point de la transporter. [zapst]¶3 relativement à: genus praedandi ad magnitudinem quaestus immensum, Cic. Verr. 5, 22: genre de pillage sans limite quant à la grandeur des profits; ad cetera egregius, Liv. 37, 7, 15: remarquable sous tous les autres rapports II quid id ad rem? Cic. Quinct. 79: quel rapport cela a-t-il avec l'affaire? quid ad praetorem? Cic. Verr. 1, 116: en quoi cela intéresse-t-il le préteur? quid egerit, nihil ad causam, Cic. Sest. 71: ce qu'il a accompli? cela ne regarde pas le procès; ad ea quae scribis... Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quant à ce que tu écris... [zapst]¶4 suivant, conformément à, d'après: ad meam rationem usumque non aestimo, Cic. Verr. 4, 13: à consulter mes principes et mon usage personnel, je ne formule pas d'évaluation; versare suam naturam ad tempus, Cic. Cael. 13: modifier son caractère suivant les circonstances; hanc ad legem, Cic. de Or. 3, 190: d'après ces principes; ad naturam, Cic. Fin. 1, 30: conformément à la nature; ad nutum alicujus, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: selon la volonté de qqn; ad perpendiculum, Cic. Verr. 1, 133: suivant la perpendiculaire; ad istorum normam sapiens, Cic. Lael. 18: sage suivant leur (équerre) règle. [zapst]¶5 en comparaison de: terram ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar obtinere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40: que la terre occupe pour ainsi dire l'équivalent d'un point en comparaison de l'étendue qu'embrasse le ciel; sed nihil ad Persium, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, mais ce n'est rien au prix de Persius, cf. Leg. 1, 6. [zapst]¶6 comme suite à, par suite de: ad clamorem convenerunt, Caes. BG. 4, 37, 2: aux cris poussés, ils se rassemblèrent; ad infirmitatem laterum contentionem omnem remiserat, Cic. Br. 202: en raison de la faiblesse de ses poumons, il avait renoncé à tout effort violent; ad quorum stridorem odoremque et aspectum territi equi, Liv. 30, 18, 7: au bruit, à l'odeur et à l'aspect de ces animaux, les chevaux effrayés; obstupuerant ad magnitudinem pristinae ejus fortunae, Liv. 39, 50, 2: ils restaient béants devant la grandeur de son ancienne fortune; ad quorum discessum respiravit Mago, Liv. 28, 30, 2: à leur départ Magon respira II ad auditas voces, Ov. M. 5, 509: entendant ces paroles; ad haec visa auditaque, Liv. 2, 23, 7: à cette vue, à ces paroles; ad crescentem tumultum, Liv. 2, 45, 12: devant le tumulte croissant. [zapst]¶7 [direction vers, réponse à]: cum ad singula acclamaretur, Liv. 34, 37, 3: comme à chaque point énoncé des cris de protestation s'élevaient, cf. 24, 14, 9; est ridiculum ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, Cic. Arch. 8: c'est une plaisanterie que de ne rien répliquer à des faits dont nous avons la constatation; ad tuam epistolam redditae sunt meae litterae, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 3: en réponse à ta missive on t'a remis ma lettre II [sans verbe]: longum est ad omnia, Cic. Nat. 1, 19: il serait trop long de faire réponse à tout; ad ista alias, Cic. Nat. 2, 1: à une autre fois la réponse à cela; haec fere ad litteras, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7: voilà d'une manière générale ma réponse à la lettre; nisi quid ad haec forte vultis, Cic. Lael. 32: à moins que vous ne vouliez par hasard faire qq objection. [zapst]¶8 [idée d'approcher, d'appliquer contre], [d'où sens instrumental]: cornu ad saxa limato, Plin. 8, 71: la corne étant limée aux rochers; ad cribrum, Plin. 16, 54; ad circinum, Vitr. 10, 4, 1; ad tornum, Lucr. 4, 361; ad cotem, Plin. 24, 89, au crible, au compas, au tour, à la pierre à aiguiser [comp. au figuré ad normam]; mucronem ad linguam probare, Petr. 70: éprouver une pointe à la langue II ad digiti sonum vocare aliquem, Tibul. 1, 2, 32: appeler qqn au bruit des doigts ; [enfin, dans la 1. vulg.]: ad pectinem capillum flectere, Spart. Hadr. 2, 6, 1: arranger au peigne sa chevelure; ad fundas lapides jacere, Veg. Mil. 2,15: jeter des pierres à la fronde; ad spongiam... detergere, Veg. Mut. 3, 4, 2: essuyer à l'éponge. [zapst]¶9 [approximation] vers, environ [devant un nom de nombre]: ad hominum milia decem, Caes. BG. 1, 4, 2: environ 10.000 hommes II [emploi adverbial]: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Caes. BG. 2, 32, 5: 4.000 hommes environ ayant été tués.* * *[ABCU]A - ad (arch. ar), prép. avec acc.: (Gaffiot P. 27-29 -- Lebaigue P. 20) [zapI]I [sens local] [zapA]A [idée générale de mouvement, de direction, au pr. et au fig.] [zapst]¶1 vers, à: legatos ad aliquem mittere: envoyer des ambassadeurs à qqn II avec les noms de lieu, ad exprime l'idée d'approche ou bien l'idée d'arrivée; l'idée d'entrée dans le lieu est exprimée par in: ad urbem proficisci, Caes. BC. 1, 32, 1: partir pour la ville [Rome] ; ad urbem venire, Cic. Verr. 2, 167: venir à la ville II avec les noms de villes et de petites îles, ad exprime la direction ou l'arrivée dans les environs: ad Genavam pervenit, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 1: il arriva près de Genève; ad Mutinam proficisci, Cic. Phil. 12, 8: partir pour Modène; dux classium fuit ad ilium, Cic. Div. 1, 87: il [Calchas] dirigea les flottes vers Ilion II [en lang. milit. vers, contre: ad hostes contendere, Caes. BG. 5, 9, 1: marcher contre les ennemis; ad castra pergere, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 8: se porter contre le camp II ad vim atque arma confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 78: chercher un refuge dans (recourir à) la force et les armes; ad insolitum genus dicendi labi, Cic. Sest. 119: se laisser glisser vers un genre de discours insolite ; [avec ellipse du v.] nunc ad ea quae scripsisti, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2: venons-en maintenant à ce que tu m'as écrit. [zapst]¶2 [idée d'attacher, lier]: ad terram naves deligare, Caes. BG. 4, 29, 2: attacher des vaisseaux au rivage II [idée d'ajouter, annexer]: complecti vis amplissimos vires ad tuum scelus, Cic. Pis. 75: tu veux envelopper dans ton crime les hommes les plus considérables; ad cetera volnera, Cic. Vat. 20: outre les autres blessures, cf. Clu. 30 ; Liv. 7, 16, 2; ad naves viginti quinque, Liv. 23, 38, 7: en plus des 25 navires, cf. 24, 45, 3 ; 25, 3, 7, etc ; ad haec, en outre: Varr. R. 3, 5, 11; Liv. 6, 20, 7, etc ; ou ad hoc, Sall. C. 14, 3 17, 4, etc ; ad id, Liv. 3,62, 1, etc. [zapst]¶3 [idée de diriger, incliner]: ad centuriones ora convertunt, Caes. G. 6, 39, 2: ils tournent leurs visages vers les centurions; omnium mentibus ad pugnam intentis, Caes. G. 3, 26, 2: l'attention de tous étant portée sur le combat; ad aegrotandum proclivitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 28: tendance (disposition) à la maladie; paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio, Caes. BG. 7,73, 5: la pente allant en se resserrant peu à peu vers le bas [en entonnoir] II ad omne periculum opponitur (consulatus), Cic. Mur. 87: (le consulat) s'expose à tous les dangers; ergo haec ad populum, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4, donc voilà pour le peuple. II [idée de protection, de defense contre]: ad meos impetus opponitur... Cic. Verr. 5, 2: à mes assauts on oppose. [zapst]¶4 [idée d'adresser par écrit, par la parole, etc.]: ad aliquem omnia in dies singulos persequi, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 1: envoyer à qqn une relation quotidienne de tous les événements; sibi a Lentulo ad Catilinam datas esse (litteras), Cic. Cat. 3, 12: que Lentulus lui avait remis une lettre à l'adresse de Catilina; epistula C. Verris ad Neronem, Cic. Verr. 1, 83: lettre de C. Verrès à Néron II [verbe non exprimé]: tu modo quam saepissime ad me aliquid, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 4: pourvu que tu m'envoies le plus souvent possible quelques lignes; velim scribas ad me primum placeatne tibi aliquid ad illum, Cic. Att. 13, 16, 2: je voudrais que tu m'écrives d'abord, si tu es d'avis que je lui dédie qq ouvrage. [zapst]¶5 [indication de distance, de limite] à, jusqu'à: ex eo oppido pons ad Helvetios pertinet, Caes. BG. 1, 6, 3: de cette ville un pont s'étend jusque chez les Helvètes; usque ad ultimas terras, Cic. Verr. 4, 64: jusqu'aux confins de la terre II [au fig.] ad vivum, Cic. Lael. 18: jusqu'au vif; ad plenum, Virg. G. 2, 244: jusqu'au plein; pecunia ad sanum modum habendi parata, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5: l'argent acquis jusqu'à un raisonnable degré de possession; non ad perfectum nec ad plenum, Sen. Ep. 71, 18: non pas jusqu'à la perfection ni à la plénitude; si ea mercatus esses ad eam summam quam volueram, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1: si tu avais fait l'achat en te limitant à la somme que je voulais II ad numerum obsides mittere, Caes. BG. 5, 20, 4: envoyer des otages jusqu'au nombre fixé; in eorum locum et ad eorum numerum, Cic. Verr. 5, 73: à leur place et en pareil nombre; equitatus omnis, ad numerum quattuor milium, Caes. BG. 1, 15, 1: toute la cavalerie, à l'effectif de 4.000 hommes; ad certum pondus examinare, Caes. BG. 5, 12, 4: peser jusqu'à un poids déterminé; Tossas ad eandem magnitudinem perficere, Caes. BC. 1, 42, 1: creuser des fossés à la même profondeur II ad verbum unum contracta brevitas, Cic. de Or. 3, 157: brièveté ramassée en un mot unique; numerum ad trecentorum summam explevit, Liv. 2, 1, 10: il compléta le nombre jusqu'à un total de 300 II usque ad novem, Cic. Ac. 2, 94: jusqu'à neuf; omnes ad unum, Cic. Lael. 86: tous jusqu'au dernier, tous sans exception; omnibus navibus ad unam incolumibus, Caes. BC. 3, 6, 3: tous les navires sans exception étant indemnes. [zapA]B [sans idée de mouvement] [zapst]¶1 près de, chez: fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta chez moi très longtemps; in servitute ad suum patrem manere, Plaut. Cap 49: rester comme esclave chez son propre père, cf. Ter. Haut. 979 ; Varr. R. 1, 17, 3; Cato. Agr. 7, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 9; Sen. Ep. 108, 4 II ad recuperatores dicere, Cic. Verr. 3, 68: parler devant les récupérateurs; ad judicem Cic. Br. 289: devant le juge; ad populum agere, Cic. Phil. 12, 17: plaider devant le peuple II ad exercitum manere, Caes. BG. 5, 53: rester à l'armée, cf. 7, 5, 3; ad Caesarem primum pilum ducere, Caes. BG. 6, 38, 1: être centurion primipile dans l'armée de César II ad pedes: près des pieds, aux pieds: Cic. Div. 1, 46 ; Sen. Ben. 3, 27, 1, etc. II ad omnes nationes sanctum nomen, Caes. BG. 3, 9, 3: titre sacré auprès de toutes les nations, cf. BG. 4, 16,7 ; 7, 5, 3 ; 21, 60, 4, etc. [zapst]¶2 [proximité d'un lieu] près de: ad urbem esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 21: être près de la ville [Rome]; ad oppidum constitit, Caes. BC. 1, 16, 4: il s'arrêta près de la ville; pons qui erat ad Genavam, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 2: le pont qui était près de Genève. II [en parl. de batailles]: proelium ad Nolam, Cic. Br. 12: bataille de Nola; ad Tenedum, Cic. Mur. 33: de Ténédos; ad Magetobrigam, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 12: à Magetobriga; ad Cannas, Liv. 23, 11, 7, etc. II à, dans [emploi rare]: ad villam ali, Cic. Amer. 44: se nourrir dans la maison de campagne; quae ad aedem Felicitatis sunt, Cic. Verr. 4, 4: [statues] qui sont dans le temple du Bonheur [ABCR]II [avec ellipse de aedem]: ad Castoris, Cic. Quinct. 17: près du temple de Castor; senatus ad Apollinis fuit, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 3: le sénat tint séance au temple d'Apollon. II du côté de, vers: pugnatur acriter ad novissimum agmen, Caes. BC. 1, 80, 5: le combat est acharné du côté de l'arrière-garde, cf. BC. 1, 63, 3 ; 2, 42, 5; castris ad eam partem oppidi positis? Caes. BG. 7, 17, 1: le camp ayant été établi de ce côté de la ville; equestribus proeliis ad aquam factis, Caes. BG. 5, 50, 1: des engagements de cavalerie ayant eu lieu près du ruisseau; ad laevam, ad dextram, Cic. Tim. 48: vers la gauche, vers la droite (à g., à dr.); ad pulvinaria, Cic. Cat. 3, 23: [près des coussins] à tous les temples; ad solarium, Cic. Quinct. 59: aux alentours du cadran solaire; ad speculum barbam vellere, Sen. Nat. 1, 17, 2: s'épiler devant un miroir; ad ignem coquere, Cato. Agr. 81: cuire au feu, sur le feu. [zapst]¶3 [adaptation accompagnement]: cantare ad chordarum sonum, Nep. Epam. 2, 1: chanter aux sons d'un instrument à cordes; ad tibicinem, Cic. Agr. 2, 93; Tusc. 1, 3, etc.: avec accompagnement du joueur de flûte II ad lucernam, Sen. Ir. 3, 18, 4: à la lueur d'une lampe, cf. Cic. Q. 3, 7, 2; ad faces, Sen. Brev. 20, 5: à la lueur des torches; ad lunam, Virg, En. 4, 513: à la lumière de la lune; ad clepsydram, Cic. de Or. 3, 138: sous le contrôle de la clepsydre [avec un temps mesuré]. [zapst]¶4 [adhérence]: ad radices linguae haerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 135: fixé à la base de la langue; ad saxa inhaerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 100: attaché aux rochers. [zapst]¶5 [participation à], [au lieu de scribendo adesse, Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5, etc.] ad scribendum esse: être à (participer à) la rédaction d'un sénatus-consulte: Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 ; Fam. 12, 29, 2. [zapI]II [sens temporel]: [zapst]¶1 jusqu'à: ad summam senectutem, Cic. Br. 179: jusqu'à la plus grande vieillesse; usque ad hanc diem, Cic. Verr. 4, 130; ad hanc diem, Cic. Cat. 3, 17: jusqu'aujourd'hui; ad hoc tempus, Cic. Verr. 3, 216: jusqu'au moment présent; ad multam noctem, Caes. BG. 1, 26, 3: jusqu'à un moment avancé de la nuit; ad nostram memoriam, Nep. Them.10, 3: jusqu'à notre époque; ad reditum nostrum, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3: jusqu'à notre retour; veteres illi usque ad Socratem, Cic. de Or. 3, 72: ces anciens jusqu'à Socrate. [zapst]¶2 [approximation] vers: ad vesperam, Catul. 2, 6: sur le soir; ad lucem, Cic. Div. 1, 99: vers le point du jour; ad extremam orationem, Caes. BG. 7, 53, 1: sur la fin du discours; ad exitum defensionis tuae, Cic. Verr. 5, 32: (sur) à la fin de ta défense; ad adventum imperatorum, Nep. Att. 10, 2: à l'arrivée des triumvirs, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 17,3; 13, 15, 2. [zapst]¶3 [précision] à: ad diem, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 1: au jour fixé, cf. 7, 77, 10 ; Cic. Off. 3, 45; ad idus, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 6: aux ides; ad tempus: à temps, au moment opportun Cic. Verr. 1, 141; Caes. BG. 4, 23, 5 [mais Fin. 5, 1 et Att. 16, 2, 2, au moment fixé] ; ad extremum, Cic. Or. 174 ; de Or. 1, 142: enfin. [zapst]¶4 [durée limitée, sens voisin de jusqu'à] pour: brevis est et ad tempus, Cic. Off. 1, 27: [passion qui] est courte et pour un temps; bestiae ex se natos amant ad quoddam tempus, Cic. Lael. 27: les bêtes aiment leur progéniture pour un temps limité; ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 24, 5: élu provisoirement, cf. 21, 25, 14. [zapst]¶5 [avenir] dans: ad annum, Cic. Att 5, 2, 1, [il sera tribun de la plèbe] dans un an, l'année prochaine, cf. de Or. 3, 92; ad decem milia annorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 90: dans 10.000 ans. [zapI]III [rapports variés]: [zapst]¶1 pour, en vue de [avec les verbes qui signifient exhorter à, pousser à, préparer à, disposer pour; se servir pour; travailler à; envoyer pour, etc. ; avec les adjectifs et, d'une manière générale, les expressions qui marquent le but ; très souvent ad est suivi du gérondif ou de l'adj. verbal]: ad celeritatem onerandi paulo facit humiliores (naves), Caes. BG. 5, 1, 2: en vue de la promptitude du chargement, il fait faire les vaisseaux un peu plus bas; ad omnes casus, Caes. BG. 4, 31, 2, etc.: (en vue de) pour toutes les éventualités; naves factae ad quamvis vim perferendam, Caes. BG. 3, 13, 3: navires faits pour supporter n'importe quelle violence; tu omnia ad pacem; ego omnia ad libertatem, Cic. ad Br. 2, 7, 1: [ellipse du verbe] toi, c'était tout pour la paix; moi, tout pour la liberté; non ad eam rem, sed ut... Cic. Tusc. 49: ce n'est pas dans cette intention, c'est pour que... ; ad hoc, ut + subj. Liv. 28, 39, 7; 45, 39, 8: en vue de, pour que. [zapst]¶2 [marquant le résultat, l'aboutissement]: ex agresti vita exculti ad humanitatem, Cic. Lep. 2, 36: façonnés et amenés d'une vie sauvage à la civilisation; efferavit ea caedes Thebanos ad execrabile odium Romanorum, Liv. 33, 29, 1: ce meurtre déchaîna les Thébains et leur inspira une haine implacable contre les Romains; mutatis repente ad misericordiam animis, Liv. 24, 26, 14: la fureur populaire s'étant changée soudain en compassion II ad necem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 34: [frapper] jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive; ad insaniam aliquid concupiscere, Cic. Verr. 2, 87: désirer qqch jusqu'à être fou; nihil intolerabile ad demittendum animum, nimis laetabile ad ecferendum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37: rien qui soit intolérable, au point d'abattre l'âme, qui cause trop de joie, au point de la transporter. [zapst]¶3 relativement à: genus praedandi ad magnitudinem quaestus immensum, Cic. Verr. 5, 22: genre de pillage sans limite quant à la grandeur des profits; ad cetera egregius, Liv. 37, 7, 15: remarquable sous tous les autres rapports II quid id ad rem? Cic. Quinct. 79: quel rapport cela a-t-il avec l'affaire? quid ad praetorem? Cic. Verr. 1, 116: en quoi cela intéresse-t-il le préteur? quid egerit, nihil ad causam, Cic. Sest. 71: ce qu'il a accompli? cela ne regarde pas le procès; ad ea quae scribis... Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quant à ce que tu écris... [zapst]¶4 suivant, conformément à, d'après: ad meam rationem usumque non aestimo, Cic. Verr. 4, 13: à consulter mes principes et mon usage personnel, je ne formule pas d'évaluation; versare suam naturam ad tempus, Cic. Cael. 13: modifier son caractère suivant les circonstances; hanc ad legem, Cic. de Or. 3, 190: d'après ces principes; ad naturam, Cic. Fin. 1, 30: conformément à la nature; ad nutum alicujus, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: selon la volonté de qqn; ad perpendiculum, Cic. Verr. 1, 133: suivant la perpendiculaire; ad istorum normam sapiens, Cic. Lael. 18: sage suivant leur (équerre) règle. [zapst]¶5 en comparaison de: terram ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar obtinere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40: que la terre occupe pour ainsi dire l'équivalent d'un point en comparaison de l'étendue qu'embrasse le ciel; sed nihil ad Persium, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, mais ce n'est rien au prix de Persius, cf. Leg. 1, 6. [zapst]¶6 comme suite à, par suite de: ad clamorem convenerunt, Caes. BG. 4, 37, 2: aux cris poussés, ils se rassemblèrent; ad infirmitatem laterum contentionem omnem remiserat, Cic. Br. 202: en raison de la faiblesse de ses poumons, il avait renoncé à tout effort violent; ad quorum stridorem odoremque et aspectum territi equi, Liv. 30, 18, 7: au bruit, à l'odeur et à l'aspect de ces animaux, les chevaux effrayés; obstupuerant ad magnitudinem pristinae ejus fortunae, Liv. 39, 50, 2: ils restaient béants devant la grandeur de son ancienne fortune; ad quorum discessum respiravit Mago, Liv. 28, 30, 2: à leur départ Magon respira II ad auditas voces, Ov. M. 5, 509: entendant ces paroles; ad haec visa auditaque, Liv. 2, 23, 7: à cette vue, à ces paroles; ad crescentem tumultum, Liv. 2, 45, 12: devant le tumulte croissant. [zapst]¶7 [direction vers, réponse à]: cum ad singula acclamaretur, Liv. 34, 37, 3: comme à chaque point énoncé des cris de protestation s'élevaient, cf. 24, 14, 9; est ridiculum ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, Cic. Arch. 8: c'est une plaisanterie que de ne rien répliquer à des faits dont nous avons la constatation; ad tuam epistolam redditae sunt meae litterae, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 3: en réponse à ta missive on t'a remis ma lettre II [sans verbe]: longum est ad omnia, Cic. Nat. 1, 19: il serait trop long de faire réponse à tout; ad ista alias, Cic. Nat. 2, 1: à une autre fois la réponse à cela; haec fere ad litteras, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7: voilà d'une manière générale ma réponse à la lettre; nisi quid ad haec forte vultis, Cic. Lael. 32: à moins que vous ne vouliez par hasard faire qq objection. [zapst]¶8 [idée d'approcher, d'appliquer contre], [d'où sens instrumental]: cornu ad saxa limato, Plin. 8, 71: la corne étant limée aux rochers; ad cribrum, Plin. 16, 54; ad circinum, Vitr. 10, 4, 1; ad tornum, Lucr. 4, 361; ad cotem, Plin. 24, 89, au crible, au compas, au tour, à la pierre à aiguiser [comp. au figuré ad normam]; mucronem ad linguam probare, Petr. 70: éprouver une pointe à la langue II ad digiti sonum vocare aliquem, Tibul. 1, 2, 32: appeler qqn au bruit des doigts ; [enfin, dans la 1. vulg.]: ad pectinem capillum flectere, Spart. Hadr. 2, 6, 1: arranger au peigne sa chevelure; ad fundas lapides jacere, Veg. Mil. 2,15: jeter des pierres à la fronde; ad spongiam... detergere, Veg. Mut. 3, 4, 2: essuyer à l'éponge. [zapst]¶9 [approximation] vers, environ [devant un nom de nombre]: ad hominum milia decem, Caes. BG. 1, 4, 2: environ 10.000 hommes II [emploi adverbial]: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Caes. BG. 2, 32, 5: 4.000 hommes environ ayant été tués.* * *Ad Messanam venit. Cic. Au pres de la ville de Messine.\Ad vrbem esse dicebantur olim, qui triumphum sibi decerni vellent, vrbem non ingredientes, ne id ius amitterent. Cic. Attendre au pres de la ville, Loger aux faulxbourgs.\Ad vrbem esse, pro In vrbe. Cic. En la ville.\Habes hortos ad Tyberim. Liu. Sur, ou Aupres du Tybre.\Ad te ibam. Terent. J'alloye à toy.\Ad me respice. Terent. Vers moy, A moy.\Ad domum profecti. Cic. Jusques à la maison.\Ad portam expectare. Cic. pro, In porta. A la porte.\Ad me bene mane Dionysius fuit. Cic. Avec moy, ou Devers moy.\Ad inferos poenas paricidii luent. Cic. és enfers.\Ad iudicem dicere. Cic. Parler devant le juge.\Famus ad me. Terent. Chez moy, En ma maison, En mon logis.\Ad me domum. Plaut. Chez moy en ma maison.\Ad quae tempora te expectem, facias me certiorem velim. Cic. Environ quel temps.\Ad quod tempus quaeque res facillime crescat. Varro. En quelle saison, Vers, ou Environ quel temps.\Nihil ad nostram hanc. Terent. Ce n'est rien au pris, ou En comparaison de la nostre.\Classemve ad Pergama misi. Virg. Contre, A l'encontre.\Ad, pro intra. Vt tibi Caesar faciendum est ad annum. Ci. Comme il fauldra que tu faces d'ici à un an, ou entre cy et un an.\Ad decem annos. Cic. D'icy à dix ans.\Ad nullas preces. Propert. Par, ou Pour prieres qu'on face.\Ad desyderium relictarum. Liuius. De desir, ou De regret de celles qui estoyent demourees derriere.\Ad statuam pecuniam contulerunt. Cic. Pour faire une statue.\Ad vsum hominum omnia creantur. Cic. Pour l'usage des hommes.\Ad memoriam aliquid notare. Cic. Pour en avoir memoire, Pour memoire.\Ad iudicem fidem infirmabit. Cic. Devant le juge.\Ad pedes stare passus. Sueton. Devant ses pieds, à ses pieds.\Ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam. Ter. Oultre ces ennuyz.\Ad arbitrium libidinosae mulieris. Cic. Au plaisir, ou Selon.\Ad arbitrium suum scribere. Cic. Comme bon luy semble, A son plaisir.\Ad hoc exemplum est. Plaut. Il est semblable à cestuy.\Ad hunc modum. Plaut. En ceste maniere.\Ad istam faciem virum quaero. Plaut. Semblable à cestuy.\Ad morem actionum aliquid persequi. Quint. A la maniere.\Ad perpendiculum colunnas exigere. Cic. Au plomb, ou Au niveau.\Ad portionem virium. Plin. Selon la force.\Ad meum sensum. Cic. A ma fantasie ou advis, Selon, ou Ainsi qu'il me semble.\Ad praescriptum omnia gerere. Caesar. Selon l'ordonnance d'autruy.\Ad naturam viuere. Senec. Selon nature.\Ad similitudinem gymnasiorum exornent mihi in palaestra locum. Cic. Ainsi comme on fait, etc. En la facon.\Ad rationem loci et temporis. Plin. iunior. Selon le lieu, et le temps.\Si ii ad numerum non essent. Caelius Ciceroni. Si le nombre n'estoit entier, S'ils n'estoyent autant qu'ils debvoyent estre.\Ad ornatum, ad speciem magnifico ornatu. Cic. Quant à la beaulté, monstre, ou apparence.\Ad tria millia. Plaut. Environ trois milles.\Tendens ad sydera palmas. Virg. Vers, ou Droict au ciel.\Animaduertit fugam ad se versum fieri. Sallust. Vers luy.\Ad horam nonam in anchoris expectauit. Caesar. Jusques à neuf heures.\Ad hanc diem. Cic. Jusques à ce jour, Jusques à present.\Ad lucem dormire. Cic. Jusques au jour.\Ad multum diei. Liuius. Jusques à ce qu'il fut grand jour, ou Une grande partie du jour.\Ad vesperum. Cic. Jusques à vespre, ou Au soir.\Ad solis occasum. Plaut. Jusques au soleil couchant.\Ad meum reditum. Cic. Jusques à mon retour.\Ad centena numero. Plin. Jusques au nombre de cent.\Ad cinerem ambusti. Plin. Rostis ou bruslez tant qu'ils soyent reduicts en cendre.\Ad albicandam cutem. Plin. Pour blanchir.\Ad omnia inutilis. Plin. A toutes choses.\Ad festos dies eo vti solebat. Cic. Pour les festes, és jours de feste.\Ad morsus bestiarum. Cic. Contre les morsures des bestes, ou Pour, etc.\Satis ad obiurgandum causae. Terent. Pour tanser et reprendre.\Ad viuendum firmus. Plin. Pour vivre et durer long temps.\Ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus. Varro. Il est fol et hors du sens, Il est insensé.\Ad aliquem conuenire, pro In aliquem competere. Ci. In quem tu, nullam contumeliam iacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem ciuium conueniret. Qui ne conveint à la pluspart, etc. Qui ne peust estre dicte de, etc.\Ad praecipuam altitudinem exeunt vites Cypriae. Plin. Croissent fort haultes.\Ad aspectum praeclarus. Ci. Fort beau à veoir, à regarder, à l'oeil.\Ad assem impendium reddere. Pli. Rendre la despense et les frais jusques à la derniere maille, Payer ou rendre tout.\Ad bonitatem proficere. Plin. Devenir meilleur.\Ad cibos auiditas. Plin. Appetit de manger.\Ad cibum purus. Plin. Pour manger.\Ad currum leones jungere vel equos. Plin. Accoupler, Atteler.\Ad cyathos stare. Suet. Estre eschanson, ou boutilier, ou sommelier\Ad dextra, Ad laeua. Plin. A dextre, A senestre.\Ad dextram manum. A main dextre.\Ad dexteram. Sub. manum. Terent. A dextre.\Ad sinistram. Terent. A senestre.\Ad laeuam. Plaut. A gauche.\Ad laeuam manum. Plaut. A la main gauche.\Est ad hanc manum sacellum. Terent. A ceste main, De ce costé.\Ad diem decedam. Cic. Au jour dict.\Ad diem dare. Cic. Au terme dict.\Ad digitos venire. Plin. Estre compté et calculé.\Ad extremum, Ad postremum, Ad vltimum, Aduerbia sunt modo ordinis, pro Denique vel postremo: modo temporis, pro Tandem. Cic. Finalement, En fin, A la parfin.\Ad extremum et Ad vltimum. Cic. Liu. Jusques au bout.\Hastili oblongo et tereti, praeterquam ad extremum. Liu. Sinon, ou fors que au bout.\Ad fidem affirmare. Li. Asseurer pour vray, Affermer pour verite.\Ad gratiam esse dicitur res aliqua. Liu. In Quintio noua et recentia omnia ad gratiam erant. Le rendoyent plus aggreable.\Adhoc et Adhaec, nonnulli dicunt esse ordinis aduerbia, alii pro coniunctionibus accipiunt: et ab aliis coniunctim, ab aliis separatim scribuntur. Sic autem dicuntur quasi praeter hoc, praeter haec. Sallu. Plinius iunior. Liu. D'avantage, Oultre ce, Avec ce.\Ad teli iactum peruenire. Q. Curt. A un ject de dard pres.\Ad id, pro Ad illud tempus. Li. Jusques là, Jusques à ceste heure là.\Ad infinitum. Plin. Infiniement.\Ad irritum cadit spes. Liu. Quand on est frustré de son esperance.\Arripi coniuges ad libita Caesarum. Tacitus. Pour les plaisirs et paillardises des Cesars.\Ad limina custos. Virgil. Portier, Huissier.\Ad liquidum explorata veritas. Liu. Au cler, Au vray, Clerement.\Locum ad literam subieci. Quintil. En forme, mot à mot, comme il estoit par escript.\Ad manum esse. Liu. Prest et à main.\Quod cuique ad manum venisset. Liu. Tout ce qui leur venoit à main, Tout ce qui s'offroit et presentoit, ce qu'ils rencontroyent ou trouvoyent.\Ad manus venire. Cic. Jusques à se batre, et s'entr'empoigner.\Ad manum intueri. Plin. De pres, le tenant en la main.\Ad manum seruus. Cic. Escrivain, Clerc à escrire, Secretaire.\Ad matrem pendent pyra. Plin. A l'arbre.\Ad nasum celeriter venire. Plin. Monter tost au nez, Quand quelque chose est de grand odeur.\Ad omnia alia. Terent. A toutes autres choses.\Ad pedes desilire. Caes. Descendre à pied, Se mettre à pied, Mettre pied à terre.\Ad pedes, idem quod A pedibus, siue Seruus a pedibus. Martial. Laquay.\Ad pilum vlcera reducere. Plin. Faire venir le poil.\Ad plenum nouit causam. Asconius. Parfaictement, Entierement.\Ad planum reducere cicatrices. Plin. Remplir et unir les cicatrices tellement qu'il n'y paroisse point.\Ad polituram sarcire. Plin. Poliement et proprement.\Ad portionem. Plin. A, ou Pour, ou Selon la proportion, A l'equipollent, Au fur.\Ad praesens. Plin. Pour l'heure, Pour le present.\Ad praesens, pro Tum, de praeterito. Tacit. Pour lors, Pour ceste heure là.\Ad quid? Cic. Pourquoy? A quelle fin?\Ad remum dare aliquem. Tranq. Envoyer aux galeres, Faire tirer à l'aviron.\Ad Seras aliquid petere. Plin. Aller ou envoyer querir quelque chose au pais des, etc. Faire venir du pais, etc.\Ad summam, et in summa. Cic. Somme toute, A brief parler, Pour abbreger, Pour le faire court.\Ad summum, Aduerbium qualitatis. Cic. Bis terue ad summum. Pour le plus tost, Tout au plus.\Cras, ad summum perendie. Cic. Au plus tard, Pour le plus tard.\Ad tempus consilium capiam. Plancus Ciceroni. Je prendray advis, ou m'adviseray selon le temps.\Ad tempus aderis. Cic. Tu viendras tout à temps.\Inuitamentum ad tempus. Cic. Pour un certain temps.\Ad quoddam tempus. Cic. Pour quelque temps.\Ad terram dare. Tranq. Jecter par terre.\Ad tertiam decoquere, et similes locutiones. Plin. Cuire tant, ou Jusques à ce qu'il ne demeure que la tierce partie.\Ad verbum. Cic. De mot à mot.\Ad vetustatem fidelis materies. Plin. Bois de longue duree.\Ad vinum disertus. Cic. Aupres du vin, Quand il a bien beu.\Ad vinum transire. Plin. Conualescentibus ad vinum transeuntibus. Qui commencent à boire du vin.\Ad viuum resecare. Columel. Couper jusques au vif, jusques à la chair vive.\Ad vltimum, pro Ad finem vsque. Liu. Jusques à la fin, Jusques au bout. \ Ad vltimum. Curtius. Finalement.\Ad vnguem, Id est, exquisita diligentia, atque exactissima cura. Colu. Parfaictement, avec grande diligence, fort bien, quand il n'y a que redire.\Homo factus ad vnguem. Horat. Homme parfaict, Accompli.\Castigare ad vnguem: Horat. Parfaictement bien.\Ad vnum. Cicero, Omnes ad vnum idem sentiunt. Sans en excepter un, Touts generalement, Jusques à un.\Ad votum. Quintil. A souhait, A mon gré, A mon plaisir, Selon mon desir.\Ad sonum mergere se solent. Pli. Quand ils oyent le bruit.\Ad strepitum citharae. Horat. Au son de la harpe.\Ad tua verba reuixi. Ouid. Quand je t'ay ouy parler.\Ad tibicinem immolare. Cic. Avoir un menestrier jouant de la fleute tandis qu'on sacrifie.\Ad eum nuntium. Liu. Ces nouvelles ouyes. -
17 auspex
[st1]1 [-] auspex, ĭcis, m. [avis + specio]: - [abcl][b]a - celui qui prédit l'avenir d'après le vol ou le chant des oiseaux, augure, devin. - [abcl]b - témoin (à un mariage). - [abcl]c - au fig. chef, guide, protecteur.[/b] - auspex legis, Cic. Att. 2, 7: protecteur de la loi. - auspice Musā, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13: sous la protection des Muses. - auspice Teucro, Hor. C. 1.7.27: sous les auspices de Teucer. [st1]2 [-] auspex, ĭcis, adj. m. f.: de bon augure, heureux, favorable.* * *[st1]1 [-] auspex, ĭcis, m. [avis + specio]: - [abcl][b]a - celui qui prédit l'avenir d'après le vol ou le chant des oiseaux, augure, devin. - [abcl]b - témoin (à un mariage). - [abcl]c - au fig. chef, guide, protecteur.[/b] - auspex legis, Cic. Att. 2, 7: protecteur de la loi. - auspice Musā, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 13: sous la protection des Muses. - auspice Teucro, Hor. C. 1.7.27: sous les auspices de Teucer. [st1]2 [-] auspex, ĭcis, adj. m. f.: de bon augure, heureux, favorable.* * *Auspex, auspicis, pen corr. m. g. Qui prae erat nuptiis celebrandis. Qui avoit la principale conduicte.\Musa auspice, Id est duce. Hor. Par la guide et conduicte de, etc. -
18 credo
crēdo, ĕre, dĭdi, dĭtum - tr. et intr. - - subj. prés. arch.: creduam, as, at Plaut. Poen. 747 ; Bac. 476. etc. ; creduis, it Plaut. Amp. 672 ; Cap. 605 ; Truc. 307 inf. credier Plaut. Ps. 631 ; Lucr. 4, 849 II credin = credisne Plaut. Cap. 962 ; Poen. 441. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] confier en prêt. - credere aliquid alicui: prêter qqch à qqn. --- Plaut. As. 501; Aul. 15 ; Ep. 549, etc. ; Cato, Agr. 5, 2 ; Cic. Post. 4 ; 5. - pecuniae creditae, Cic. Off. 2, 78: sommes prêtées. - solutio rerum creditarum, Cic. Off. 2, 84: paiement des dettes. - absol. vilicus injussu domini credat nemini, Cato.: que le fermier ne fasse de prêt à personne sans l'ordre de son maître. [st1]2 [-] confier. - se credere suaque omnia alicui, Caes. BG. 6, 31, 4: confier à qqn sa personne et ses biens. - quos tuae fidei populus credidit, Cic. Q, 1, 1, 27: ceux que le peuple a confiés à ta protection. - se credere pugnae, Virg. En. 5, 383: se hasarder à combattre. [st1]3 [-] tenir pour vrai qqch, croire qqch. - homines id quod volunt credunt, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 6: on croit ce qu'on désire. --- BC. 2, 27, 2. - res tam scelesta credi non potest, Cic. Am. 62: un fait aussi criminel ne peut trouver créance. - re credita, CIL de Or. 1, 175: le fait ayant été tenu pour vrai. - poét. seult au pass. Cassandra non umquam credita Teucris, Virg. En. 2, 246: Cassandre que n'ont jamais crue les Troyens. - cf. Ov. H. 16, 129 ; 20, 9 ; M. 7, 98, etc. - credemur, Ov. F. 3, 351: on me croira. [st1]4 [-] croire, penser. - avec prop. inf. cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet, Caes. BG. 6, 31, 1: croyant que le reste de l'armée suivait immédiatement. - nostros praesidia deducturos crediderant, Caes. BG. 2, 33, 2: ils avaient cru que les nôtres emmèneraient les postes. - passif impers. credendum est, Caes. BG. 5, 28, 1: on doit croire. - creditur, creditum est, etc. Liv. 8, 26, 7 ; 8, 35, 11, etc.: on croit, on a cru que. - passif pers. navis praeter creditur ire, Lucr. 4, 388: on croit que le navire se déplace. - Catilina creditur... fecisse, Sall. C. 15, 2,: on croit que Catilina a fait... - mora creditur saluti fuisse, Liv. 22, 51, 4: on croit que ce retard fut le salut. - avec 2 acc. quoscumque novis rebus idoneos credebat, Sall. C. 39, 6: tous ceux qu'il croyait bons pour une révolution. --- Sall. J. 75, 10. - Scipionem Hannibal praestantem virum credebat, Liv. 21, 39, 8: Hannibal tenait Scipion pour un homme supérieur. - (eos) crederes victos, Liv. 2, 43, 9: on les aurait pris pour des vaincus. - qui postulat deus credi, Curt. 6, 11, 24: celui qui demande qu'on le croie un dieu. --- Curt. 8, 5, 5 ; 8, 5, 15. - ejus sanguine natus credor, Ov. F. 3, 74: on me croit né de son sang. - credo formant parenth.: je crois, je pense, j'imagine, [souvent ironique]. --- Cic. Cat. 1, 5; Sull. 11; Fin. 1, 7 ; Tusc. 1, 52, etc. - abl. neutre du part. credito avec prop. inf. la croyance étant que. --- Tac. An. 3, 14 ; 6, 34. - intr. - [st1]5 [-] avoir confiance, se fier. - credere alicui, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 1: avoir confiance en qqn. --- Dom. 29 ; Att. 3, 20, 1, etc. - nemo umquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit, Cic. Verr. 1, 38: jamais aucun homme de bon sens n'a pensé que l'on devait avoir confiance dans un traître. - neque pudentes suspicari oportet sibi parum credi, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 4: et les gens qui ont du point d'honneur ne doivent pas soupçonner qu'on n'a guère confiance en eux. - credere promissis alicujus, Cic. Mur. 50: se fier aux promesses de qqn. - cf. Sall. J. 106, 3 ; Liv. 45, 8, 6, etc. [st1]6 [-] ajouter foi, croire. - credere alicui jurato, Cic. Com. 45: croire qqn qui a prêté serment. - credere testibus, Cic. Font. 21: croire les témoins. --- Br. 134 ; Top. 74 ; Att. 1, 16, 10, etc. - id titi non credidit, Cic. Dej. 18: il ne t'a pas cru sur ce point. --- Ac. 2, 9 ; Att. 2, 22, 2 ; Fam. 2, 16, 3 ; etc. - credere alicui, credere alicui rei: se fier à qqn, se fier à qqch - nimium ne crede colori, Virg.: ne te fie pas trop à l'éclat de ton teint. - credere suis oculis, Liv.: en croire ses yeux. - credere speculo, Ov.: en croire son miroir. - credere virtuti militum, Sall.: compter sur la valeur des soldats. - recte non credis de numero militum, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: tu as raison de ne pas ajouter foi au nombre des soldats. --- Fam. 3, 11, 5. - [en parenth.] mihi crede, Tusc. 1, 103 ; Verr. 4, 28, etc. ; mihi credite Cic. Verr. 4, 132, crois-moi, croyez-moi. - qqf crede mihi credite hoc mihi, Verr. 4, 133: croyez-moi sur ceci.* * *crēdo, ĕre, dĭdi, dĭtum - tr. et intr. - - subj. prés. arch.: creduam, as, at Plaut. Poen. 747 ; Bac. 476. etc. ; creduis, it Plaut. Amp. 672 ; Cap. 605 ; Truc. 307 inf. credier Plaut. Ps. 631 ; Lucr. 4, 849 II credin = credisne Plaut. Cap. 962 ; Poen. 441. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] confier en prêt. - credere aliquid alicui: prêter qqch à qqn. --- Plaut. As. 501; Aul. 15 ; Ep. 549, etc. ; Cato, Agr. 5, 2 ; Cic. Post. 4 ; 5. - pecuniae creditae, Cic. Off. 2, 78: sommes prêtées. - solutio rerum creditarum, Cic. Off. 2, 84: paiement des dettes. - absol. vilicus injussu domini credat nemini, Cato.: que le fermier ne fasse de prêt à personne sans l'ordre de son maître. [st1]2 [-] confier. - se credere suaque omnia alicui, Caes. BG. 6, 31, 4: confier à qqn sa personne et ses biens. - quos tuae fidei populus credidit, Cic. Q, 1, 1, 27: ceux que le peuple a confiés à ta protection. - se credere pugnae, Virg. En. 5, 383: se hasarder à combattre. [st1]3 [-] tenir pour vrai qqch, croire qqch. - homines id quod volunt credunt, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 6: on croit ce qu'on désire. --- BC. 2, 27, 2. - res tam scelesta credi non potest, Cic. Am. 62: un fait aussi criminel ne peut trouver créance. - re credita, CIL de Or. 1, 175: le fait ayant été tenu pour vrai. - poét. seult au pass. Cassandra non umquam credita Teucris, Virg. En. 2, 246: Cassandre que n'ont jamais crue les Troyens. - cf. Ov. H. 16, 129 ; 20, 9 ; M. 7, 98, etc. - credemur, Ov. F. 3, 351: on me croira. [st1]4 [-] croire, penser. - avec prop. inf. cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet, Caes. BG. 6, 31, 1: croyant que le reste de l'armée suivait immédiatement. - nostros praesidia deducturos crediderant, Caes. BG. 2, 33, 2: ils avaient cru que les nôtres emmèneraient les postes. - passif impers. credendum est, Caes. BG. 5, 28, 1: on doit croire. - creditur, creditum est, etc. Liv. 8, 26, 7 ; 8, 35, 11, etc.: on croit, on a cru que. - passif pers. navis praeter creditur ire, Lucr. 4, 388: on croit que le navire se déplace. - Catilina creditur... fecisse, Sall. C. 15, 2,: on croit que Catilina a fait... - mora creditur saluti fuisse, Liv. 22, 51, 4: on croit que ce retard fut le salut. - avec 2 acc. quoscumque novis rebus idoneos credebat, Sall. C. 39, 6: tous ceux qu'il croyait bons pour une révolution. --- Sall. J. 75, 10. - Scipionem Hannibal praestantem virum credebat, Liv. 21, 39, 8: Hannibal tenait Scipion pour un homme supérieur. - (eos) crederes victos, Liv. 2, 43, 9: on les aurait pris pour des vaincus. - qui postulat deus credi, Curt. 6, 11, 24: celui qui demande qu'on le croie un dieu. --- Curt. 8, 5, 5 ; 8, 5, 15. - ejus sanguine natus credor, Ov. F. 3, 74: on me croit né de son sang. - credo formant parenth.: je crois, je pense, j'imagine, [souvent ironique]. --- Cic. Cat. 1, 5; Sull. 11; Fin. 1, 7 ; Tusc. 1, 52, etc. - abl. neutre du part. credito avec prop. inf. la croyance étant que. --- Tac. An. 3, 14 ; 6, 34. - intr. - [st1]5 [-] avoir confiance, se fier. - credere alicui, Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 1: avoir confiance en qqn. --- Dom. 29 ; Att. 3, 20, 1, etc. - nemo umquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit, Cic. Verr. 1, 38: jamais aucun homme de bon sens n'a pensé que l'on devait avoir confiance dans un traître. - neque pudentes suspicari oportet sibi parum credi, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 4: et les gens qui ont du point d'honneur ne doivent pas soupçonner qu'on n'a guère confiance en eux. - credere promissis alicujus, Cic. Mur. 50: se fier aux promesses de qqn. - cf. Sall. J. 106, 3 ; Liv. 45, 8, 6, etc. [st1]6 [-] ajouter foi, croire. - credere alicui jurato, Cic. Com. 45: croire qqn qui a prêté serment. - credere testibus, Cic. Font. 21: croire les témoins. --- Br. 134 ; Top. 74 ; Att. 1, 16, 10, etc. - id titi non credidit, Cic. Dej. 18: il ne t'a pas cru sur ce point. --- Ac. 2, 9 ; Att. 2, 22, 2 ; Fam. 2, 16, 3 ; etc. - credere alicui, credere alicui rei: se fier à qqn, se fier à qqch - nimium ne crede colori, Virg.: ne te fie pas trop à l'éclat de ton teint. - credere suis oculis, Liv.: en croire ses yeux. - credere speculo, Ov.: en croire son miroir. - credere virtuti militum, Sall.: compter sur la valeur des soldats. - recte non credis de numero militum, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2: tu as raison de ne pas ajouter foi au nombre des soldats. --- Fam. 3, 11, 5. - [en parenth.] mihi crede, Tusc. 1, 103 ; Verr. 4, 28, etc. ; mihi credite Cic. Verr. 4, 132, crois-moi, croyez-moi. - qqf crede mihi credite hoc mihi, Verr. 4, 133: croyez-moi sur ceci.* * *Credo, credis, credidi, creditum, pe. corr. credere. Virgil. Croire. \ Credo illum iam affuturum esse. Terent. Je croy.\Credo te credere. Terent. Je pense que tu crois.\Temere credere. Ouid. Croire legierement, Follement.\Si credere dignum. Virgil. Si la chose est digne d'estre creue.\Sic credidit alta vetustas. Silius. Les anciens l'ont ainsi creu.\- credo iam omnium Taedebat. Terent. Je croy par adventure que tous s'en ennuyoyent, etc.\Credere, Putare. Terent. Quid tu his rebus credis fieri? Que pense tu, ou que cuides tu, etc.\Credo, Ironice dictum. Terent. - debeam Credo isti quicquam furcifero, si id fecerim. Je croy que je luy en seroye tenu si, etc. Dict par mocquerie.\Ei credo munus hoc corraditur. Terent. Je me doubte bien que c'est pour luy que, etc.\At vberiora cibaria facta sunt caritate credo. Cicero. Je n'en fais doubte.\- iam haec tibi aderit supplicans Vltro. THR. credin'? G. imo certe. Terent. Le penserois tu bien?\Venire tu me gaudes: ego credo tibi. Plaut. Je t'en croy.\Credis huic quod dicat? Terent. Le crois tu de ce qu'il dit?\Credone tibi hoc nunc, peperisse hanc e Pamphilo? Terent. Pense tu que je te croye de cela, que, etc.\Nobis de Caesare credit. Cic. Il croit que ce que je dis de Cesar soit vray.\Recte non credis de numero militum. Cic. Tu fais bien de ne point croire, etc.\Credere, pro Confidere. Ouid. Moribus et vitae credidit ille meae. Il s'est fié en ma preudhommie.\Nimium ne crede colori. Vir. Ne te confie point trop en ta beaulté.\Non irata es? CL. non sum irata. S. tuae fidei credo. Plaut. Je m'en fie bien à toy, Je t'en croy.\- crede hoc meae fidei, Dabit hic aliquam pugnam denuo. Terent. Croy moy.\Credere se alicui. Plaut. Se fier à aucun, Se remettre et reposer sur luy.\Causam diis credere. Lucan. En laisser faire à Dieu, S'en attendre à Dieu.\Rectissime et credere et committere omnia alicui. Cicero. Commettre.\Credere se Neptuno. Plaut. Se mettre sur la mer, S'oser mettre sur la mer.\Credere se caelo praepetibus pennis. Virgil. Voler en l'air.\Credunt se gramina in nouos soles. Virg. Les herbes se levent, et sortent hors de terre, Croissent.\Pecuaria praesidio canum credere. Author ad Heren. Bailler en garde, commettre la garde, Se fier aux chiens de bien garder les bestes.\Summam belli puero credere. Virg. Bailler la charge de, etc.\Credere aliquid alicui. Plaut. Dire et communiquer son secret à aucun, Soy fier à quelqu'un de quelque secret.\Credere suum animum alicui. Terent. Descouvrir son cueur à aucun, Luy dire son secret.\Credere me mihi. Quintil. Laisse moy vivre comme je l'entens. B.\Si tuam fidem accusarem, non me potissimum tuis tectis crederem. Cic. Je n'oseroye pas loger chez toy.\Credere vni omnia. Cic. Luy bailler la charge de tout, Se fier en luy de tout.\Credere alicui argentum. Plaut. Bailler en garde.\Credere pecuniam. Liu. Prester, Accroire quelque argent.\Sunt quibus credas male. Plaut. A qui il ne fait pas bon prester.\Persyngrapham credere quidpiam alicui. Cic. Luy prester sur sa scedule.\Exegit quod credidit. Cic. Il s'est faict payer de ce qu'il avoit preste, ou accreu.\Credere cerae aliquid. Plaut. Escrire sur de la cire, ou tablettes cirees.\Libris arcana credere. Horat. Mettre par escript.\Credere campo aciem. Virg. Mettre son armee en la compaigne.\Veritus se credere nocti. Ouid. Craignant d'aller de nuict, N'osant aller, etc.\Pedibus se credere. Sil. S'en fuir, Gaigner au pied, Se saulver à la fuite.\Pugnae se credere. Virg. Prendre la hardiesse de combatre, S'exposer au combat.\Nunquidnam hic quod nolis vides? P. te. G. credo. Je le croy bien.\Credo, interpositum. Cic. Exarsi non solum praesenti (credo) iracundia. Comme je croy.\Gaudeo. C. satis credo. Terent. Je le croy assez, Je le croy bien.\Mihi crede. Cic. Non sum (mihi crede) mentis compos. Croy moy.\Pueri autem Sisennae, credo, qui audiuissent quae in istum, etc. Cic. Comme je pense. -
19 debeo
dēbĕo, ēre, dēbŭi, dēbĭtum [de + habeo] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] être débiteur, devoir (de l'argent...). - debere pecuniam alicui, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1: devoir de l'argent à qqn. - absol. qui se debere fatentur, Caes. BC. 3, 20, 3: ceux qui se reconnaissent débiteurs. - ii qui debent, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2: les débiteurs. - illi quibus debeo, Cic.: mes créanciers. - debere alicui, Sall. J. 96, 2: être débiteur de qqn. - kal. januariis debuit, Cic.: il devait payer aux calendes de janvier. - debitam biennii pecuniam exigere, Caes. BC. 3, 31, 2: faire rentrer l'argent dû de deux années. - o fortunata mors, quae naturae debita pro patria est potissimum reddita! Cic. Phil. 14, 31: heureuse mort ! c'était une dette envers la nature, mais elle a été acquittée de préférence à la patrie. - passif. impers. si omnino non debetur, Cic. Q. 1, 2, 10: si on ne doit pas du tout, s'il n'y a pas du tout dette. - animam debere, Ter. Phorm. 661: être criblé de dettes. [st1]2 [-] devoir, être obligé à, être tenu de; devoir, être destiné. - gratiam alicui debere, Cic. Phil. 2, 27: devoir de la reconnaissance à qqn. - gratia alicui debetur, Cic. Fin. 3, 73: on doit de la reconnaissance à qqn. - fides quae omnibus debetur, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 28: la protection qui est due à tous. - debita officia, Cic. Fin. 1, 33: les devoirs pressants de la vie sociale. - numne ferre contra patriam arma debuerunt? Cic. Lae. 36: étaient-ils tenus de porter les armes contre leur patrie? - dies longa videtur opus debentibus, Hor. Ep. 1: le jour paraît long à ceux qui ont une tâche à remplir. - ita se de populo Romano meritos esse ut... agri vastari, oppida expugnari non debuerint, Caes. BG. 1, 11, 3: leurs services envers le peuple romain étaient tels que leurs champs n'auraient pas dû être dévastés, leurs places prises d'assaut... - dicere... debentia dici, Hor. P. 43: dire les choses qui doivent être dites. - ea tibi ego non debeo commendare; sed commendo tamen, Cic. Fam. 12: je ne devrais pas te faire ces recommandations, mais je le fais quand même. - minor est Serenus meus... post me mori debet, sed ante me potest, Sen. Ep. 63, 15: mon cher Sérénus est plus jeune que moi... il devrait mourir après moi, mais il se peut qu'il meure avant moi. - debueram scripto certior esse tuo, Ov. H. 6: j'aurais dû en être informée par un écrit de ta main. - de re publica debui pertimescere, Cic. Div. 2: j'aurais dû trembler pour la république. - poét. = necesse est... Lucr. 2, 1146; 3, 188, etc. - poét. devoir = être destiné [par le destin, par la nature, etc.] à. - urbem cerno Phrygios debere nepotes, Ov. M. 15, 44: je vois que les descendants des Troyens sont appelés à fonder une ville. - cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus debentur, Virg. En. 4, 276: à qui sont dus (réservés) le royaume d'Italie et la terre romaine. - fatis debitus Arruns, Virg. En. 11, 759: Arruns dû aux destins (= Arruns destiné à mourir). - sors ista senectae debita erat nostrae, Virg.: c'était le sort réservé à ma vieillesse. - debemur morti, Hor.: nous sommes voués à la mort. - debere: devoir = être contraint par la logique de. - quoniam... existimare debetis... Cic. Cat. 3, 16: puisque... vous devez logiquement penser que. [st1]3 [-] au fig. devoir, être redevable de. - debere beneficium alicui, Cic. de Or. 1, 121: être redevable à qqn d'un service. - debere plus alicui quam... Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 5: être plus redevable, avoir plus d'obligations à qqn qu'à... - debere vitam alicui, Ov. P. 4, 5, 31: devoir la vie à qqn. - debere salutem alicui, Ov. M. 7, 164: devoir son salut à qqn - absol. alicui debere, Cic.: avoir des obligations à qqn. - me debere bonis omnibus fateor, Cic.: j'avoue que j'ai des obligations à tous les gens de bien.* * *dēbĕo, ēre, dēbŭi, dēbĭtum [de + habeo] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] être débiteur, devoir (de l'argent...). - debere pecuniam alicui, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1: devoir de l'argent à qqn. - absol. qui se debere fatentur, Caes. BC. 3, 20, 3: ceux qui se reconnaissent débiteurs. - ii qui debent, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2: les débiteurs. - illi quibus debeo, Cic.: mes créanciers. - debere alicui, Sall. J. 96, 2: être débiteur de qqn. - kal. januariis debuit, Cic.: il devait payer aux calendes de janvier. - debitam biennii pecuniam exigere, Caes. BC. 3, 31, 2: faire rentrer l'argent dû de deux années. - o fortunata mors, quae naturae debita pro patria est potissimum reddita! Cic. Phil. 14, 31: heureuse mort ! c'était une dette envers la nature, mais elle a été acquittée de préférence à la patrie. - passif. impers. si omnino non debetur, Cic. Q. 1, 2, 10: si on ne doit pas du tout, s'il n'y a pas du tout dette. - animam debere, Ter. Phorm. 661: être criblé de dettes. [st1]2 [-] devoir, être obligé à, être tenu de; devoir, être destiné. - gratiam alicui debere, Cic. Phil. 2, 27: devoir de la reconnaissance à qqn. - gratia alicui debetur, Cic. Fin. 3, 73: on doit de la reconnaissance à qqn. - fides quae omnibus debetur, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 28: la protection qui est due à tous. - debita officia, Cic. Fin. 1, 33: les devoirs pressants de la vie sociale. - numne ferre contra patriam arma debuerunt? Cic. Lae. 36: étaient-ils tenus de porter les armes contre leur patrie? - dies longa videtur opus debentibus, Hor. Ep. 1: le jour paraît long à ceux qui ont une tâche à remplir. - ita se de populo Romano meritos esse ut... agri vastari, oppida expugnari non debuerint, Caes. BG. 1, 11, 3: leurs services envers le peuple romain étaient tels que leurs champs n'auraient pas dû être dévastés, leurs places prises d'assaut... - dicere... debentia dici, Hor. P. 43: dire les choses qui doivent être dites. - ea tibi ego non debeo commendare; sed commendo tamen, Cic. Fam. 12: je ne devrais pas te faire ces recommandations, mais je le fais quand même. - minor est Serenus meus... post me mori debet, sed ante me potest, Sen. Ep. 63, 15: mon cher Sérénus est plus jeune que moi... il devrait mourir après moi, mais il se peut qu'il meure avant moi. - debueram scripto certior esse tuo, Ov. H. 6: j'aurais dû en être informée par un écrit de ta main. - de re publica debui pertimescere, Cic. Div. 2: j'aurais dû trembler pour la république. - poét. = necesse est... Lucr. 2, 1146; 3, 188, etc. - poét. devoir = être destiné [par le destin, par la nature, etc.] à. - urbem cerno Phrygios debere nepotes, Ov. M. 15, 44: je vois que les descendants des Troyens sont appelés à fonder une ville. - cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus debentur, Virg. En. 4, 276: à qui sont dus (réservés) le royaume d'Italie et la terre romaine. - fatis debitus Arruns, Virg. En. 11, 759: Arruns dû aux destins (= Arruns destiné à mourir). - sors ista senectae debita erat nostrae, Virg.: c'était le sort réservé à ma vieillesse. - debemur morti, Hor.: nous sommes voués à la mort. - debere: devoir = être contraint par la logique de. - quoniam... existimare debetis... Cic. Cat. 3, 16: puisque... vous devez logiquement penser que. [st1]3 [-] au fig. devoir, être redevable de. - debere beneficium alicui, Cic. de Or. 1, 121: être redevable à qqn d'un service. - debere plus alicui quam... Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 5: être plus redevable, avoir plus d'obligations à qqn qu'à... - debere vitam alicui, Ov. P. 4, 5, 31: devoir la vie à qqn. - debere salutem alicui, Ov. M. 7, 164: devoir son salut à qqn - absol. alicui debere, Cic.: avoir des obligations à qqn. - me debere bonis omnibus fateor, Cic.: j'avoue que j'ai des obligations à tous les gens de bien.* * *Debeo, debes, debui, debitum, penul. corr. debere. Cic. Debvoir, Estre tenu à aucun.\Calendis Ianuarii debuit, adhuc non solui. Cic. Dés le premier jour de Janvier.\Quantum debet? Cic. Combien doibt il?\Priuatim debere. Cic. Particulierement, En particulier, A part, Tout seul.\Debeo tibi hanc fidem. Plin. iunior. Je te doibs rendre ceste loyaulté.\Vitam tibi debere fatetur. Ouid. Il confesse qu'il ne tient sa vie que de toy.\Debeo tibi, sine accusatiuo. Cic. Tibi debemus. Nous te sommes tenuz.\Magnopere debere alicui. Cic. Estre grandement son tenu, ou Estre tenu à luy.\Id nostrae necessitudini debere me iudico. Cic. Je doibs, ou suis tenu faire cela à cause de l'amitié qui est entre nous deux, L'amitié qui est entre nous deux m'oblige à faire cela.\Debuit nosse. Cic. Il falloit qu'il le congneust.\Inuentio eius Chio insulae debetur. Plin. Cela a esté trouvé en l'isle de Chios.\Pro eo nemo soluet, neque debebitur. Cato. Et n'y aura nulle obligation. -
20 defensio
dēfensĭo, ōnis, f. [st2]1 [-] défense, protection. [st2]2 [-] discours écrit pour une défense, apologie, réponse (à la suite d'une accusation), réplique, plaidoyer, plaidoirie. [st2]3 [-] poursuite judiciaire, vengeance.* * *dēfensĭo, ōnis, f. [st2]1 [-] défense, protection. [st2]2 [-] discours écrit pour une défense, apologie, réponse (à la suite d'une accusation), réplique, plaidoyer, plaidoirie. [st2]3 [-] poursuite judiciaire, vengeance.* * *Defensio, Verbale. Cic. Defense.\Dare defensionem. Cic. Permettre de se defendre.\Suscipere defensionem dignitatis alicuius. Cic. Se charger de le defendre, En prendre la charge.
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