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  • 1 contrōversus

        contrōversus adj.    [contro- (cf. contra)+versus], disputed, questionable, undecided: ius: res: auspicium, L.— Disputatious: gens naturā (dub.).
    * * *
    I II
    controversa, controversum ADJ
    controversial/debatable/disputed; turned against, in opposite direction (L+S)

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  • 2 controversum

    controversial/debatable/disputed/questionable/doubtful points (pl.)

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  • 3 autumo

    autŭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [for aitumo, as a lengthened form of aio; cf. negumo for nego; for the termination -tumo, cf. aes, aestimo, q. v., aeditumus, finitumus, and maritumus].
    I.
    Lit., to say aye, to affirm (mostly of questionable assertions, Ellis ad Cat. 44, 2; opp. nego, to say nay); hence, to assert, aver, say, name (chiefly anteclass.; esp. freq. in Plaut.; syn.: dico, affirmo, confirmo;

    used only once by Ter. and Hor., and never by Cic., Lucr., or Verg.): Ipsus sese ut neget esse eum qui siet, Meque ut esse autumet qui ipsus est,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21: factum id esse hic non negat... et deinde facturum autumat, * Ter. Heaut. prol. 19: flexa non falsa autumare dictio Delphis solet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 237, 3;

    so Lucil. ib.: aut hic est aut hic affore actutum autumo,

    id. ib.:

    quas (res) si autumem omnis, nimis longus sermost,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 8; id. Am. 1, 1, 150; 1, 1, 260; id. Capt. 4, 2, 105; 4, 2, 117; 5, 2, 2; 5, 2, 8; id. Ep. 5, 1, 37; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 24; id. Men. prol. 8; id. Merc. 5, 2, 103; id. Pers. 1, 3, 71; 2, 2, 32; id. Ps. 4, 2, 28; id. Rud. 3, 3, 42; id. Trin. 2, 2, 48; 3, 2, 77; 3, 3, 15: te esse Tiburtem autumant, * Cat. 44, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 45:

    ab Elissā Tyriā, quam quidam Dido autumant, Carthago conditur,

    Vell. 1, 6, 4 Halm.—In pass.:

    quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.—
    II.
    Meton., effect for cause, to think, believe: bene quam meritam esse autumas, Dicis male mereri, auct. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 166; id. Top. 13, 55 (Trag. Rel. p. 265 Rib.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > autumo

  • 4 controversa

    contrō-versus, a, um, adj. [from the same root with contra; q. v. init. ].
    * I.
    Lit., turned against, in an opposite direction (cf. controversia, I.;

    very rare): perticae,

    Cato, R. R. 43, 1:

    litora Isauriae scopulis,

    lying opposite, Amm. 14, 2, 3; cf. id. 22, 8, 2; 22, 15, 7 (al. contra versus).—Hence,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That is the subject of dispute, controverted, disputed, questionable (several times in Cic. and Quint.;

    elsewh. rare): sumere istos pro certo, quod dubium controversumque sit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104; cf.

    opp. confessum,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34; 5, 14, 14; 7, 1, 5:

    res controversa et plena dissensionis inter doctissimos,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 52; so,

    res,

    Quint. 3, 5, 18; 5, 9, 2. auspicium, Liv. 10, 42, 7:

    jus,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 28; Quint. 7, 6, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 55, 3.— Subst.: contrōversa, ōrum, n., disputed or doubtful points:

    controversa confessis probare,

    Quint. 5, 14, 14.—
    B.
    = repugnans, repugnant, at strife:

    controversa sibi ac repugnantia (sc. terra et ignis),

    in controversy with themselves, opposed to one another, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; cf. Aus. Ephem. fin. (The signification quarrelsome, litigious, is very dub., the reading in Cic. Brut. 12, 46, being undoubtedly corrupt.)

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  • 5 controversus

    contrō-versus, a, um, adj. [from the same root with contra; q. v. init. ].
    * I.
    Lit., turned against, in an opposite direction (cf. controversia, I.;

    very rare): perticae,

    Cato, R. R. 43, 1:

    litora Isauriae scopulis,

    lying opposite, Amm. 14, 2, 3; cf. id. 22, 8, 2; 22, 15, 7 (al. contra versus).—Hence,
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That is the subject of dispute, controverted, disputed, questionable (several times in Cic. and Quint.;

    elsewh. rare): sumere istos pro certo, quod dubium controversumque sit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104; cf.

    opp. confessum,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34; 5, 14, 14; 7, 1, 5:

    res controversa et plena dissensionis inter doctissimos,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 52; so,

    res,

    Quint. 3, 5, 18; 5, 9, 2. auspicium, Liv. 10, 42, 7:

    jus,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 28; Quint. 7, 6, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 55, 3.— Subst.: contrōversa, ōrum, n., disputed or doubtful points:

    controversa confessis probare,

    Quint. 5, 14, 14.—
    B.
    = repugnans, repugnant, at strife:

    controversa sibi ac repugnantia (sc. terra et ignis),

    in controversy with themselves, opposed to one another, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; cf. Aus. Ephem. fin. (The signification quarrelsome, litigious, is very dub., the reading in Cic. Brut. 12, 46, being undoubtedly corrupt.)

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > controversus

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