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1 Gemeingut
Gemeingut, res communis; res publica. – ein G. sein, rem communem od. rem publicam esse (v. Pers. u. Lebl.); publicum esse (v. Wörtern etc.); pervulgatum esse (allgemein verbreitet sein, v. Lehren etc.). – gleichs. G. sein, velut in medio positum esse: zum G. machen, in medium afferre od. conferre; alqd rem publicam facere: G. werden, omnium fieri commune: od. bl. omnium fieri; in medium cedere: etw. für ein G. halten, alqd publicum esse putare.
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2 dilabor
dī-lābor, lāpsus sum, lābī (dis u. labor), I) auseinander gleiten, A) eig.: α) v. Gebäuden, Körpern usw., auseinander gehen, -fallen, sich auflösen, verfallen, zerfallen, aedificium dilabens, Sen.: aedis Iovis vetustate dilapsa, Liv.: dilapsa vetustate moenia, Tac.: navis putris iam admodum et vetustate dilabens, Liv.: dilapsa cadavera tabo, Verg.: dilapsa in cineres fax, Hor. – poet., ungula in quinos dilapsa absumitur ungues, Ov. met. 1, 742. – β) v. Flüssigem, zerrinnen, zerfließen, zerschmelzen, sich auflösen, eadem (aqua conglaciata) admixto calore liquefacta et dilapsa, Cic.: ut nix tot hominum iumentorumque incessu dilapsa est, Liv.: quā (nebulā) dilabente, zerrann, sich verzog, Liv. – poet., (Proteus) in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit, Verg. georg. 4, 410. – B) übtr., zerfallen, zerstieben, auseinander stieben, versplittert werden, in ein Nichts zerrinnen od. sich auflösen, vergehen, in Verfall geraten, iam illa (mala et incommoda), quae socordiā nostrā collecta sunt, dilabentur, Sall. fr.: intento opus est animo, ne omnia dilabantur, si unum aliquod effugerit, Cic.: bella inopiā dilabi, zerschlügen sich, Iustin. – male parta male dilabuntur, Poëta b. Cic.: rem familiarem dilabi sinere, Cic. – praeclara facies, magnae divitiae, ad hoc vis corporis etc. dilabuntur; at ingeni egregia facinora sicut anima immortalia sunt, Sall.: dilapsa esse robora corporum animorumque, Liv. – ut praeclarissime constituta res publica dilaberetur, Cic.: rem communem esse dilapsam, Cic.: concordiā parvae res crescunt, discordiā maxumae dilabuntur, Sall.: vectigalia publica neglegentiā dilabebantur, wurden versplittert, Liv.: profecto omnis invidia prolatandis consultationibus dilapsa foret, hätte sich in ein Nichts aufgelöst, hätte sich verloren, Sall. – II) von einem Orte od. von jmd. sich trennend entgleiten, A) eig.: α) v. persönl. Subjj., bef. von Soldaten, die ihren Standort ohne od. gegen Befehl verlassen, unser entschlüpfen, entwischen, entrinnen, entweichen, sich aus dem Staube machen, sich unbemerkt fortmachen (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 32, 10), hostes oppressi aut dilapsi forent, Sall. fr.: exercitus brevi dilabitur, Sall.: sine commeatibus ab signis, ab ordinibus, Liv.: ex praesidio, Liv.: in oppida, Liv.: passim in civitates, Liv.: nocte in sua tecta, sich verlaufen, Liv.: domum, Frontin.: ad praedam, Liv.: ad resumenda arma, Suet.: u.m. 1. Supin., praedatum, pabulatum, lignatum, Liv. – β) v. Lebl., gleichs. entgleiten, entweichen, v. Gewässern, Fibrenus... rapide dilapsus (im raschen Fortströmen) cito in unum confluit, Cic.: amnis presso in solum alveo dilabitur, Curt.: dilabente aestu, als die Flut zurücktrat, Tac.: cum (aquae) a capite aquarum a solo vetustate dilapsae essent, entwichen, ausgeblieben war, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1258. – v. Feuer usw., dilapso per culinam Vulcano (= igni), sich verbreitet, Hor.: omnis et unā dilapsus calor, entwich, verglomm, Verg. – v. der Erde, ne terra facile dilabatur, Veget. mil. 3, 8. p. 83, 3 L. – B) übtr., entschlüpfen, entweichen, entschwinden, 1) im allg.: qui fortunis alicuius inducti amicitiam eius secuti sunt, hi, simul ac fortuna (Glück) dilapsa est, devolant omnes, Cornif. rhet.: dilapsis inter nova grandia curis, Ov. – impune maxima peccata dilabuntur, entschlüpfen der Ahndung, schlüpfen so durch, Cornif. rhet. – sunt alii plures fortasse, sed de mea memoria dilabuntur, entschwinden aus meinem G., entgehen mir, Cic. – 2) insbes., v. der Zeit = entschwinden, verfließen, dilapso tempore, Sall. Iug. 36, 4.
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3 dilabor
dī-lābor, lāpsus sum, lābī (dis u. labor), I) auseinander gleiten, A) eig.: α) v. Gebäuden, Körpern usw., auseinander gehen, -fallen, sich auflösen, verfallen, zerfallen, aedificium dilabens, Sen.: aedis Iovis vetustate dilapsa, Liv.: dilapsa vetustate moenia, Tac.: navis putris iam admodum et vetustate dilabens, Liv.: dilapsa cadavera tabo, Verg.: dilapsa in cineres fax, Hor. – poet., ungula in quinos dilapsa absumitur ungues, Ov. met. 1, 742. – β) v. Flüssigem, zerrinnen, zerfließen, zerschmelzen, sich auflösen, eadem (aqua conglaciata) admixto calore liquefacta et dilapsa, Cic.: ut nix tot hominum iumentorumque incessu dilapsa est, Liv.: quā (nebulā) dilabente, zerrann, sich verzog, Liv. – poet., (Proteus) in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit, Verg. georg. 4, 410. – B) übtr., zerfallen, zerstieben, auseinander stieben, versplittert werden, in ein Nichts zerrinnen od. sich auflösen, vergehen, in Verfall geraten, iam illa (mala et incommoda), quae socordiā nostrā collecta sunt, dilabentur, Sall. fr.: intento opus est animo, ne omnia dilabantur, si unum aliquod effugerit, Cic.: bella inopiā dilabi, zerschlügen sich, Iustin. – male parta male dilabuntur, Poëta b. Cic.: rem familiarem dilabi sinere, Cic. – praeclara facies, magnae divitiae, ad hoc vis corporis etc. dilabuntur; at ingeni egregia facinora sicut anima immortalia sunt, Sall.: dilapsa esse robora————corporum animorumque, Liv. – ut praeclarissime constituta res publica dilaberetur, Cic.: rem communem esse dilapsam, Cic.: concordiā parvae res crescunt, discordiā maxumae dilabuntur, Sall.: vectigalia publica neglegentiā dilabebantur, wurden versplittert, Liv.: profecto omnis invidia prolatandis consultationibus dilapsa foret, hätte sich in ein Nichts aufgelöst, hätte sich verloren, Sall. – II) von einem Orte od. von jmd. sich trennend entgleiten, A) eig.: α) v. persönl. Subjj., bef. von Soldaten, die ihren Standort ohne od. gegen Befehl verlassen, unser entschlüpfen, entwischen, entrinnen, entweichen, sich aus dem Staube machen, sich unbemerkt fortmachen (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 32, 10), hostes oppressi aut dilapsi forent, Sall. fr.: exercitus brevi dilabitur, Sall.: sine commeatibus ab signis, ab ordinibus, Liv.: ex praesidio, Liv.: in oppida, Liv.: passim in civitates, Liv.: nocte in sua tecta, sich verlaufen, Liv.: domum, Frontin.: ad praedam, Liv.: ad resumenda arma, Suet.: u.m. 1. Supin., praedatum, pabulatum, lignatum, Liv. – β) v. Lebl., gleichs. entgleiten, entweichen, v. Gewässern, Fibrenus... rapide dilapsus (im raschen Fortströmen) cito in unum confluit, Cic.: amnis presso in solum alveo dilabitur, Curt.: dilabente aestu, als die Flut zurücktrat, Tac.: cum (aquae) a capite aquarum a solo vetustate dilapsae essent, entwichen, ausgeblieben war, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 1258. – v. Feuer————usw., dilapso per culinam Vulcano (= igni), sich verbreitet, Hor.: omnis et unā dilapsus calor, entwich, verglomm, Verg. – v. der Erde, ne terra facile dilabatur, Veget. mil. 3, 8. p. 83, 3 L. – B) übtr., entschlüpfen, entweichen, entschwinden, 1) im allg.: qui fortunis alicuius inducti amicitiam eius secuti sunt, hi, simul ac fortuna (Glück) dilapsa est, devolant omnes, Cornif. rhet.: dilapsis inter nova grandia curis, Ov. – impune maxima peccata dilabuntur, entschlüpfen der Ahndung, schlüpfen so durch, Cornif. rhet. – sunt alii plures fortasse, sed de mea memoria dilabuntur, entschwinden aus meinem G., entgehen mir, Cic. – 2) insbes., v. der Zeit = entschwinden, verfließen, dilapso tempore, Sall. Iug. 36, 4. -
4 sum
sum, esse, fui - voir l'article sum de Gaffiot. [ABCR]I - sum, esse, fŭi: - la conjugaison - formes arch.: esum = sum, Varr. L. 9, 199 ; essis = es, Acc. d. Non. 200, 30; escit = erit, XII T. d. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Lucr. 1, 619; escunt = erunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 60 --- parf. fuvimus, Enn. d. Cic de Or. 3, 168; fuveit, Cil 1, 1051 --- subj. prés. siem, sies, siet, sient, Plaut. Amp. 57; 924; 58 ; Lucr. 3, 101; Plaut. Amp. 209; etc. ; fuam, fuas, fuat, fuant, Plaut. Bac. 156; Andr. Tr. 21; Plaut. Amp. 985; Bac. 1033; etc. --- part. prés. ens, employé par Caes. selon Prisc. 18, 75. [st1]1 [-] être, exister (il y a); vivre, durer; qqf. au parf. avoir vécu, n'être plus; être (avec attribut). - si abest, nullus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2: séparé d'elle, il n'existe plus. - nisi fuisset Archimedes, Cic.: sans Archimède (si Archimède n'avait pas existé). - ergo Dama nusquam est! Hor.: Dama n'est donc plus! - cogito, ergo sum: je pense, donc je suis. - dum ero: tant que je vivrai. - fuit Ilium, Virg.: c'en est fait de Troie (Troie a existé, Troie n'est plus). - flumen est Arar, quod in Rhodanum influit, Caes. B. G. 1: il y a une rivière, la Saône, qui se jette dans le Rhône. - est locus, Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6: il y a un lieu que les mortels appelaient Hespérie. - homo nequissimus omnium qui sunt, qui fuerunt, qui futuri sunt! Cic. Fam. 11: l'homme le plus pervers qui soit, qui ait existé ou qui puisse jamais être. - Indus, qui est omnium fluminum maximus: l'Indus, qui est le plus grand de tous les fleuves. - turpitudo pejus est quam dolor, Cic.: la honte est pire que la douleur. [st1]2 [-] avec datif - être à, appartenir à. - est mihi liber: [un livre (quelconque) est à moi] = j'ai un livre. - sunt nobis mitia poma, Virg.: nous avons des fruits délicieux. - spes mihi erat: j'avais espoir. - mihi nomen est Marcus (Marco): [un nom est à moi, Marc]= je m'appelle Marc. - cui nomen Arethusa est, Cic.: (source) qui porte le nom d'Aréthuse. - Scipio, cui post Africano fuit cognomen, Liv. 25: Scipion, qu'on surnomma plus tard l'Africain. - paene tibi fuit Phronesium! Plaut.: Phronésion a failli être à toi ! [st1]3 [-] avec génitif - être (celui de...), être à, appartenir à; être du parti de. - haec domus patris mei est: [cette maison est (la maison) de mon père] = cette maison est celle de mon père (cette maison est la propriété de mon père). - hic liber Petri est: ce livre est à Pierre. - omnia hostium erant: tout était aux mains des ennemis. - totus Pompei erat: il était tout dévoué à Pompée. - esse suarum rerum, Liv.: s'attacher à ses intérêts. - meus, tuus, noster, vester au lieu du génitif. - hic liber meus est: ce livre est le mien, ce livre est à moi. - haec domus mea est: cette maison m'appartient. - totus tuus ego sum: je suis tout entier à toi. - divitiae meae sunt, tu es divitiarum, Sen.: les richesses m'appartiennent, et tu appartiens aux richesses. - esse Romae partis, esse Philippi, Liv.: être du parti de Rome, être du côté de Philippe. [st1]4 [-] avec génitif - être le propre de, être le rôle de, être le devoir, le droit, le privilège, le caractère de..., être du domaine de, être du ressort de. - regis est tueri cives: c'est le devoir d'un roi de protéger ses sujets. - extremae dementiae est...: c'est le comble de la folie (de). - meum, tuum... au lieu du génitif. - meum est loqui: c'est à moi de parler. [st1]5 [-] avec double datif (datif d'intérêt et datif de destination): [être à qqn qui est destiné à...]. - voir la grammaire. - hoc erit tibi dolori: **ce sera pour toi à douleur** = ce sera pour toi une cause de douleur. - esse omnibus odio: être haï de tous. - esse alicui dolori: être pour qqn une cause de chagrin. - alicui esse impedimento, Cic.: être un obstacle pour qqn. - quid tibi rei mecum est? Ter.: qu'ai-je à démêler avec toi? [st1]6 [-] avec génitif marquant la qualité ou la quantité. - egregiae indolis est: il est d'un excellent caractère (il a un excellent caractère). - nullius consilii sum: je suis un homme indécis. - Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, Sall. J. 95: Sylla était de famille noble. - somni brevissimi erat, Suet.: il dormait fort peu. - res est magni laboris: la chose demande de grands efforts. - classis erat centum navium: la flotte était de cent bateaux. [st1]7 [-] avec ablatif marquant la qualité. - esse ingenio pravo, Sall.: avoir une âme perverse. - esse bono animo, Cic.: avoir bon courage. - esse magnā gloriā, Cic.: jouir d'une haute considération. - tenuissimā valetudine esse, Caes.: être d'une santé très délicate. - esse capite raso, Cic.: avoir la tête rasée. - iracundiā summā esse: être très irrité. [st1]8 [-] être (dans un lieu), se trouver, séjourner, rester, demeurer; être (de telle ou telle manière); être (avec qqn, auprès de qqn); aller, arriver, venir. - sum Romae: je suis à Rome. - sum in foro: je suis au forum. - quid fuit in illis litteris? Cic.: qu'y avait-il dans cette lettre? - esse in publico: paraître en public. - esse in laxa toga, Tib. 2: porter une toge flottante. - esse in Tyriis, Ov.: avoir une robe de pourpre. - esse in aere alieno: être endetté. - esse in spe, Cic.: avoir de l'espoir. - esse in nummis multis, Cic.: être très riche. - esse in odio, Cic.: être haï. - fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta longtemps avec moi. - esse libenter cum aliquo, Cic.: voir qqn avec plaisir. - qui ante fuerant ad Caesarem, Caes.: ceux qui d'abord étaient venus vers César. - quo die in Tusculanum essem futurus, Cic.: le jour où je devais arriver à ma maison de Tusculum. - fuisti apud Laecam illa nocte, Cic. Cat. 1: tu t'es rendu chez Léca cette nuit-là. [st1]9 [-] avec génitif de prix (qqf. avec ablatif de prix): être de (telle valeur), valoir coûter. - magni (s.-ent. pretii) esse: coûter beaucoup. - esse nihili: ne rien valoir. - magni erunt mihi tuae litterae, Cic. Fam. 15: ta lettre sera d'un grand prix pour moi. - mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo, Cic. Att. 12: ma conscience pour moi vaut plus que tous les discours. - mille sestertiis esse: coûter mille sesterces. - sextante sal et Romae et per totam Iialiam erat, Liv. 29: le sel coûtait un sextant à Rome comme dans l'Italie entière. [st1]10 [-] arriver, se produire, avoir lieu. - quid tibi est? Ter.: qu'as-tu? - (solis defectio) quae fuit regnante Romulo, Cic. Rep. 1: (éclipse) qui eut lieu sous le règne de Romulus. - ut est: comme il arrive. - est ut + subj. (est + inf.): il arrive que, il peut se faire que, on peut. - futurum rati ut...: persuadés qu'il arriverait que... - non est ut...: il n'est pas possible que...., il n'y a pas lieu de... - est ut velis, Ter.: il se trouve que tu veux. - quando fuit ut...? Cic.: quand est-il arrivé que...? quand a-t-on vu que...? - quando fuit ut quod licet non liceret? Cic. Cael.: quand a-t-on vu que ce qui est permis aujourd'hui a cessé de l'être? - in eo (res) est ut + subj.: les choses en sont au point que... (il va bientôt arriver que...). - prope est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que... - est (ita) ut dicis: c'est bien comme tu dis. - id quod erat, Liv.: ce qui était vrai (c'est ce qui se passait). - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là. [st1]11 [-] avec adj. verbal au génitif - être de nature à, avoir pour but de, servir à, tendre à. - esse conservandae libertatis, Sall.: avoir pour but le maintien de la liberté. - esse dissolvendarum religionum, Liv.: être de nature à détruire le culte. - quae res evertendae rei publicae solebant esse, Cic.: ces faits tendaient ordinairement à ruiner l'Etat. [st1]12 [-] avec datif de destination ou de but; avec ad + acc. - esse solvendo aeri alieno: être en état de payer ses dettes, être solvable. - non esse solvendo: ne pas être en mesure de payer ses dettes, être insolvable. - esse vescendo: être bon à manger. - esse oneri ferendo, Liv.: être capable de porter une charge. - esse ad ornandum templum, Cic.: servir à la décoration du temple. - esse ad aliquid: être utile à qqch, servir à qqch. - esse ad alvum crudam, Cato. R. R. 125: être efficace pour les indigestions. - esui potuique esse, Dig.: être bon à manger et à boire. - esse argumento: être une preuve. - esse probro, Cic.: être déshonorant. - esse crimini, Cic.: être un grief. [st1]13 [-] avec une subordonnée (souvent avec verbe au subjonctif). - sunt qui + subj.: il y a des gens qui ([des gens tels qu'ils]), il y a des gens pour, il y a des gens capables de. - sunt qui sciant: il y a des gens qui savent. - erant sententiae quae castra Vari oppugnanda censerent, Caes. B. C. 2, 30: il y avait les avis de personnes qui pensaient qu'on devait assiéger le camp de Varus. - erat nemo in quem ea suspicio conveniret, Cic.: il n'y avait personne sur qui pût se porter un tel soupçon. - sunt qui + ind.: il y a des gens qui. - sunt qui quod sentiunt non audent dicere, Cic.: il y a des gens qui n'osent pas dire ce qu'ils pensent. - sunt quae omitti, Cic.: il y a des détails que j'ai oubliés. - sunt bestiae quaedam, in quibus inest aliquid simile virtutis, Cic. Fin. 5: il y a des bêtes qui ont en elles quelque chose de semblable à la vertu. - est ubi + subj.: il y a des cas où. - erit ubi te ulciscar, Plaut.: je trouverai l'occasion de te punir. - est quod: il y a une raison pour que, il y a lieu de. - est quod succenset tibi, Ter.: il a des raisons d'être irrité contre toi. - est quod referam ad consilium, Liv.: il faut que j'en réfère au conseil. - est quod dici possit: il y a une chose qu'on pourrait dire. - est quod differat, Cic.: il y a une différence. - est quod gaudeas, Cic.: tu as raison de te réjouir. - non est quod (non est cur, nihil est quod): il n'y a pas lieu de, il n'y a pas de raison de. - quid est quod: quelle raison y a-t-il de...? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: quelle raison avait-il de se plaindre? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: pourquoi se plaignait-il? quelle raison y avait-il qui expliquât ses plaintes? [st1]14 [-] esse ab aliquo: être du côté de qqn, être de son parti, être pour quelqu'un. - esse ab aliquo (esse pro aliquo): être partisan de qqn, être de l'avis de qqn. - a Phaedro esse, Cic. Att. 16: être disciple de Phèdre. - est a me hoc totum: tout cela est fait pour moi, tout cela est en ma faveur. - vide ne hoc totum sit a me, Cic.: prends bien garde que tout cela ne soit en ma faveur? - esne tu ab illo milite? Plaut.: es-tu esclave de ce soldat? - erat ab Aristotele, Cic.: c'était un Aristotélicien. [st1]15 [-] reposer sur, dépendre de, être du ressort de. - non est id in nobis: cela ne dépend pas de nous. - omnis spes est in aliquo: tout l'espoir repose sur qqn. - vivat an ille occidat, in dis est, Ov.: sa vie ou sa mort dépendent des dieux. [st1]16 [-] avec un infinitif - pouvoir. - cernere erat, Virg.: on voyait (on pouvait voir). [st1]17 [-] latinismes remarquables - bene est: cela va bien. - est recte apud matrem, Cic.: chez ma mère, tout va bien (ma mère se porte bien). - est ita (est vero): il en est ainsi, oui. - esto (sit ita sane): eh bien, soit! - id est (hoc est): à savoir, c'est-à-dire. - quid hoc rei est?: qu'est-ce à dire? - voir fore - esto. [ABCR]II - sum = eum; Enn. An. 98, cf. Fest. 298.* * *sum, esse, fui - voir l'article sum de Gaffiot. [ABCR]I - sum, esse, fŭi: - la conjugaison - formes arch.: esum = sum, Varr. L. 9, 199 ; essis = es, Acc. d. Non. 200, 30; escit = erit, XII T. d. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Lucr. 1, 619; escunt = erunt, Cic. Leg. 2, 60 --- parf. fuvimus, Enn. d. Cic de Or. 3, 168; fuveit, Cil 1, 1051 --- subj. prés. siem, sies, siet, sient, Plaut. Amp. 57; 924; 58 ; Lucr. 3, 101; Plaut. Amp. 209; etc. ; fuam, fuas, fuat, fuant, Plaut. Bac. 156; Andr. Tr. 21; Plaut. Amp. 985; Bac. 1033; etc. --- part. prés. ens, employé par Caes. selon Prisc. 18, 75. [st1]1 [-] être, exister (il y a); vivre, durer; qqf. au parf. avoir vécu, n'être plus; être (avec attribut). - si abest, nullus est, Plaut. Bacch. 2: séparé d'elle, il n'existe plus. - nisi fuisset Archimedes, Cic.: sans Archimède (si Archimède n'avait pas existé). - ergo Dama nusquam est! Hor.: Dama n'est donc plus! - cogito, ergo sum: je pense, donc je suis. - dum ero: tant que je vivrai. - fuit Ilium, Virg.: c'en est fait de Troie (Troie a existé, Troie n'est plus). - flumen est Arar, quod in Rhodanum influit, Caes. B. G. 1: il y a une rivière, la Saône, qui se jette dans le Rhône. - est locus, Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6: il y a un lieu que les mortels appelaient Hespérie. - homo nequissimus omnium qui sunt, qui fuerunt, qui futuri sunt! Cic. Fam. 11: l'homme le plus pervers qui soit, qui ait existé ou qui puisse jamais être. - Indus, qui est omnium fluminum maximus: l'Indus, qui est le plus grand de tous les fleuves. - turpitudo pejus est quam dolor, Cic.: la honte est pire que la douleur. [st1]2 [-] avec datif - être à, appartenir à. - est mihi liber: [un livre (quelconque) est à moi] = j'ai un livre. - sunt nobis mitia poma, Virg.: nous avons des fruits délicieux. - spes mihi erat: j'avais espoir. - mihi nomen est Marcus (Marco): [un nom est à moi, Marc]= je m'appelle Marc. - cui nomen Arethusa est, Cic.: (source) qui porte le nom d'Aréthuse. - Scipio, cui post Africano fuit cognomen, Liv. 25: Scipion, qu'on surnomma plus tard l'Africain. - paene tibi fuit Phronesium! Plaut.: Phronésion a failli être à toi ! [st1]3 [-] avec génitif - être (celui de...), être à, appartenir à; être du parti de. - haec domus patris mei est: [cette maison est (la maison) de mon père] = cette maison est celle de mon père (cette maison est la propriété de mon père). - hic liber Petri est: ce livre est à Pierre. - omnia hostium erant: tout était aux mains des ennemis. - totus Pompei erat: il était tout dévoué à Pompée. - esse suarum rerum, Liv.: s'attacher à ses intérêts. - meus, tuus, noster, vester au lieu du génitif. - hic liber meus est: ce livre est le mien, ce livre est à moi. - haec domus mea est: cette maison m'appartient. - totus tuus ego sum: je suis tout entier à toi. - divitiae meae sunt, tu es divitiarum, Sen.: les richesses m'appartiennent, et tu appartiens aux richesses. - esse Romae partis, esse Philippi, Liv.: être du parti de Rome, être du côté de Philippe. [st1]4 [-] avec génitif - être le propre de, être le rôle de, être le devoir, le droit, le privilège, le caractère de..., être du domaine de, être du ressort de. - regis est tueri cives: c'est le devoir d'un roi de protéger ses sujets. - extremae dementiae est...: c'est le comble de la folie (de). - meum, tuum... au lieu du génitif. - meum est loqui: c'est à moi de parler. [st1]5 [-] avec double datif (datif d'intérêt et datif de destination): [être à qqn qui est destiné à...]. - voir la grammaire. - hoc erit tibi dolori: **ce sera pour toi à douleur** = ce sera pour toi une cause de douleur. - esse omnibus odio: être haï de tous. - esse alicui dolori: être pour qqn une cause de chagrin. - alicui esse impedimento, Cic.: être un obstacle pour qqn. - quid tibi rei mecum est? Ter.: qu'ai-je à démêler avec toi? [st1]6 [-] avec génitif marquant la qualité ou la quantité. - egregiae indolis est: il est d'un excellent caractère (il a un excellent caractère). - nullius consilii sum: je suis un homme indécis. - Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, Sall. J. 95: Sylla était de famille noble. - somni brevissimi erat, Suet.: il dormait fort peu. - res est magni laboris: la chose demande de grands efforts. - classis erat centum navium: la flotte était de cent bateaux. [st1]7 [-] avec ablatif marquant la qualité. - esse ingenio pravo, Sall.: avoir une âme perverse. - esse bono animo, Cic.: avoir bon courage. - esse magnā gloriā, Cic.: jouir d'une haute considération. - tenuissimā valetudine esse, Caes.: être d'une santé très délicate. - esse capite raso, Cic.: avoir la tête rasée. - iracundiā summā esse: être très irrité. [st1]8 [-] être (dans un lieu), se trouver, séjourner, rester, demeurer; être (de telle ou telle manière); être (avec qqn, auprès de qqn); aller, arriver, venir. - sum Romae: je suis à Rome. - sum in foro: je suis au forum. - quid fuit in illis litteris? Cic.: qu'y avait-il dans cette lettre? - esse in publico: paraître en public. - esse in laxa toga, Tib. 2: porter une toge flottante. - esse in Tyriis, Ov.: avoir une robe de pourpre. - esse in aere alieno: être endetté. - esse in spe, Cic.: avoir de l'espoir. - esse in nummis multis, Cic.: être très riche. - esse in odio, Cic.: être haï. - fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta longtemps avec moi. - esse libenter cum aliquo, Cic.: voir qqn avec plaisir. - qui ante fuerant ad Caesarem, Caes.: ceux qui d'abord étaient venus vers César. - quo die in Tusculanum essem futurus, Cic.: le jour où je devais arriver à ma maison de Tusculum. - fuisti apud Laecam illa nocte, Cic. Cat. 1: tu t'es rendu chez Léca cette nuit-là. [st1]9 [-] avec génitif de prix (qqf. avec ablatif de prix): être de (telle valeur), valoir coûter. - magni (s.-ent. pretii) esse: coûter beaucoup. - esse nihili: ne rien valoir. - magni erunt mihi tuae litterae, Cic. Fam. 15: ta lettre sera d'un grand prix pour moi. - mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo, Cic. Att. 12: ma conscience pour moi vaut plus que tous les discours. - mille sestertiis esse: coûter mille sesterces. - sextante sal et Romae et per totam Iialiam erat, Liv. 29: le sel coûtait un sextant à Rome comme dans l'Italie entière. [st1]10 [-] arriver, se produire, avoir lieu. - quid tibi est? Ter.: qu'as-tu? - (solis defectio) quae fuit regnante Romulo, Cic. Rep. 1: (éclipse) qui eut lieu sous le règne de Romulus. - ut est: comme il arrive. - est ut + subj. (est + inf.): il arrive que, il peut se faire que, on peut. - futurum rati ut...: persuadés qu'il arriverait que... - non est ut...: il n'est pas possible que...., il n'y a pas lieu de... - est ut velis, Ter.: il se trouve que tu veux. - quando fuit ut...? Cic.: quand est-il arrivé que...? quand a-t-on vu que...? - quando fuit ut quod licet non liceret? Cic. Cael.: quand a-t-on vu que ce qui est permis aujourd'hui a cessé de l'être? - in eo (res) est ut + subj.: les choses en sont au point que... (il va bientôt arriver que...). - prope est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que... - est (ita) ut dicis: c'est bien comme tu dis. - id quod erat, Liv.: ce qui était vrai (c'est ce qui se passait). - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là. [st1]11 [-] avec adj. verbal au génitif - être de nature à, avoir pour but de, servir à, tendre à. - esse conservandae libertatis, Sall.: avoir pour but le maintien de la liberté. - esse dissolvendarum religionum, Liv.: être de nature à détruire le culte. - quae res evertendae rei publicae solebant esse, Cic.: ces faits tendaient ordinairement à ruiner l'Etat. [st1]12 [-] avec datif de destination ou de but; avec ad + acc. - esse solvendo aeri alieno: être en état de payer ses dettes, être solvable. - non esse solvendo: ne pas être en mesure de payer ses dettes, être insolvable. - esse vescendo: être bon à manger. - esse oneri ferendo, Liv.: être capable de porter une charge. - esse ad ornandum templum, Cic.: servir à la décoration du temple. - esse ad aliquid: être utile à qqch, servir à qqch. - esse ad alvum crudam, Cato. R. R. 125: être efficace pour les indigestions. - esui potuique esse, Dig.: être bon à manger et à boire. - esse argumento: être une preuve. - esse probro, Cic.: être déshonorant. - esse crimini, Cic.: être un grief. [st1]13 [-] avec une subordonnée (souvent avec verbe au subjonctif). - sunt qui + subj.: il y a des gens qui ([des gens tels qu'ils]), il y a des gens pour, il y a des gens capables de. - sunt qui sciant: il y a des gens qui savent. - erant sententiae quae castra Vari oppugnanda censerent, Caes. B. C. 2, 30: il y avait les avis de personnes qui pensaient qu'on devait assiéger le camp de Varus. - erat nemo in quem ea suspicio conveniret, Cic.: il n'y avait personne sur qui pût se porter un tel soupçon. - sunt qui + ind.: il y a des gens qui. - sunt qui quod sentiunt non audent dicere, Cic.: il y a des gens qui n'osent pas dire ce qu'ils pensent. - sunt quae omitti, Cic.: il y a des détails que j'ai oubliés. - sunt bestiae quaedam, in quibus inest aliquid simile virtutis, Cic. Fin. 5: il y a des bêtes qui ont en elles quelque chose de semblable à la vertu. - est ubi + subj.: il y a des cas où. - erit ubi te ulciscar, Plaut.: je trouverai l'occasion de te punir. - est quod: il y a une raison pour que, il y a lieu de. - est quod succenset tibi, Ter.: il a des raisons d'être irrité contre toi. - est quod referam ad consilium, Liv.: il faut que j'en réfère au conseil. - est quod dici possit: il y a une chose qu'on pourrait dire. - est quod differat, Cic.: il y a une différence. - est quod gaudeas, Cic.: tu as raison de te réjouir. - non est quod (non est cur, nihil est quod): il n'y a pas lieu de, il n'y a pas de raison de. - quid est quod: quelle raison y a-t-il de...? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: quelle raison avait-il de se plaindre? - quid erat quod querebatur? Cic.: pourquoi se plaignait-il? quelle raison y avait-il qui expliquât ses plaintes? [st1]14 [-] esse ab aliquo: être du côté de qqn, être de son parti, être pour quelqu'un. - esse ab aliquo (esse pro aliquo): être partisan de qqn, être de l'avis de qqn. - a Phaedro esse, Cic. Att. 16: être disciple de Phèdre. - est a me hoc totum: tout cela est fait pour moi, tout cela est en ma faveur. - vide ne hoc totum sit a me, Cic.: prends bien garde que tout cela ne soit en ma faveur? - esne tu ab illo milite? Plaut.: es-tu esclave de ce soldat? - erat ab Aristotele, Cic.: c'était un Aristotélicien. [st1]15 [-] reposer sur, dépendre de, être du ressort de. - non est id in nobis: cela ne dépend pas de nous. - omnis spes est in aliquo: tout l'espoir repose sur qqn. - vivat an ille occidat, in dis est, Ov.: sa vie ou sa mort dépendent des dieux. [st1]16 [-] avec un infinitif - pouvoir. - cernere erat, Virg.: on voyait (on pouvait voir). [st1]17 [-] latinismes remarquables - bene est: cela va bien. - est recte apud matrem, Cic.: chez ma mère, tout va bien (ma mère se porte bien). - est ita (est vero): il en est ainsi, oui. - esto (sit ita sane): eh bien, soit! - id est (hoc est): à savoir, c'est-à-dire. - quid hoc rei est?: qu'est-ce à dire? - voir fore - esto. [ABCR]II - sum = eum; Enn. An. 98, cf. Fest. 298.* * *Sum, es, est, Verbum substantiuum. Je suis, tu es, il est.\Sum, Genitiuo iungitur. Terent. Non esse horum te arbitror. Je pense que tu n'appartiens en rien à ceulx ci.\Est adolescens escae maxumae. Plaut. Il est grand mangeur.\Magni sunt oneris: quicquid imponas, vehunt. Plaut. Ils portent grands faiz.\Erit humanitatis vestrae, magnum eorum ciuium numerum calamitate prohibere. Cic. Ce sera à faire à vostre humanité de, etc.\Est miserorum, vt maleuolentes sint, atque inuideant bonis. Plaut. Ils ont de coustume.\Non est nostrum onus. Cic. Ce n'est pas nostre charge, Nous n'avons point charge de cela, Ce n'est pas à nous à faire.\Nihil aeque dissoluendae religionis est, quam, etc. Liu. Il n'est chose qui corrompe tant la religion, que de, etc.\Tanti eius apud se gratiam esse ostendit, vti et Reipublicae iniuriam, etc. Caes. Il monstra qu'il aimoit tant, et qu'il avoit tant de credit envers luy, que, etc.\Nunc vos aestimate, facta an dicta pluris sint. Sallust. Lesquels sont plus à estimer les faicts ou les dicts.\Argentum quanti est sumito. Terent. Autant qu'il vault.\Quod mihi plurimi est. Cic. Laquelle chose je prise ou estime fort.\Magni apud aliquem esse. Cic. Estre fort estimé d'aucun.\Emere denario, quod sit mille denarium. Cic. Qui vault mille deniers.\Quum in Sicilia sestertiis duobus tritici modius esset. Cic. Vallut.\Bona Sexti Roscii quae sunt sexagies. Cic. Qui vallent.\Ego sum domi meae. Cic. Je suis en ma maison.\Sum, Datiuo etiam iungitur, et significat habeo. Virgil. Sunt mihi bis septem praestanti corpore Nymphae. J'ay.\Est enim columbis ars, inter se blandiri. Plin. Elles ont cest art de, etc.\- mihi tu iam Eras mortuus, quia non te visitaui. Plaut. Il me sembloit à veoir que tu estois desja mort.\Duobus datiuis: Plaut. Est derisui omnibus. Chascun se mocque de luy.\Desiderio esse. Seneca. Estre desiré et regretté.\Esui potuique esse. Vlpia. Estre bon et ordonné pour boire et manger.\Hae pecuniae tibi fraudi esse debent. Cic. Te doibvent tourner à dommage.\Postrema tua pagina mihi magnae molestiae fuit. Cic. M'a fort fasché.\Datiuo et ablatiuo: Plautus, Nihil me poenitet iam quanto sumptu fuerim tibi. Quelle despense je t'ay faicte.\Si mihi tecum minus esset, quam est cum tuis omnibus, allegarem ad te illos a quibus, etc. Cic. Si j'estoye moins familier et privé de toy, que de touts les tiens, etc.\Est mihi melius. Cic. Je me porte mieulx.\Bene est mihi. Terent. Je suis bien aise et sans fascherie.\Amori esse, vel odio dicitur res aliqua. Cassius ad Ciceronem. Quand on l'aime, ou on la hait.\Quibus occidi patrem Sexti Roscii bono fuit. Cic. Leur a esté prouffitable, Qui en ont amendé.\Crimini esse alicui dicitur res aliqua. Cic. Quand on charge et accuse aucun de quelque cas, et luy met on sus.\Tuam a me alienationem ad ciues impios tibi gloriae fore putauisti. Cic. Que cela te tourneroit à gloire, Qu'ils te loueroyent de ce.\Ea ignominia accepta ad Patres inuidiae Menenio fuit. Liu. Menenius fut blasmé et hay des senateurs à cause de ce.\Melli esse dicitur res aliqua. Horat. Qui plaist moult.\Miraculo esse dicitur res aliqua. Plin. Quand on s'esmerveille de quelque chose.\Odio esse. Caesar. Estre hay.\Oneri ferendo esso. Liu. Estre suffisant pour porter quelque charge et fardeau.\Praesidio esse alicui. Caesar. Luy aider et secourir.\Quae signo sunt, omnia non mediocri quodam consilio naturam mundi administrari. Cic. Donnent à entendre.\Radix et folium Indis est maximo pretio. Plin. Est fort estimé des Indes.\Testimonio alicui esse. Plancus ad Ciceronem. Luy porter tesmoignage.\Vitio esse. Ouid. Estre reputé à vice, ou pour vice.\Quae ad bellum vsui erant. Caesar. Qui servoyent à la guerre.\Ab aliquo esse. Cic. Estre de son parti, et luy faire sa cause bonne.\Est ad lateris dolorem. Cato. Guarist du mal de costé, Guarist la douleur du costé.\Ad vrbem esse. Cic. Estre en la ville.\Ad eam partem quae est ad Herperiam. Caes. Qui est vers, ou Tend vers, etc.\Apud aliquem esse. Terent. Estre chez aucun.\Apud se esse. Terent. Estre chez soy.\Apud herum recte erat. Cic. Tout le monde se portoit bien chez mon maistre.\Apud matrem recte est. Cic. Ma mere se porte bien.\In amore atque deliciis alicui esse. Cicero. Estre fort aimé d'aucun. Vide AMOR.\Mihi erat in animo ire in Epirum. Cic. J'avoye en fantasie, J'avoye deliberé de, etc.\In armis esse. Caes. Estre en armes.\In bonis est. Cic. Il est aujourdhuy possesseur.\Est in commemoratione omnibus omnium flagitiorum. Cic. Il n'est meschanceté qu'il ne face, et dequoy on ne parle.\Cuius in ditione ac potestate sunt. Cic. Soubz la puissance duquel ils sont.\In exemplis est. Plin. Il est escript és exemples anciennes.\In expectando sunt. Gel. Ils attendent.\In gratia esse cum aliquo. Cic. Estre aimé de luy, Estre en sa grace, et avoir credit envers luy.\In incerto esse. Tacit. Estre incertain.\Propter quam in summa infamia sum. Terent. J'ay mauvais bruit et diffame.\In integro esse. Tacit. Estre en son entier.\In meis intimis est. Cic. Il est de mes grands amis et familiers.\Non poterimus vlla esse in inuidia spoliati opibus. Cic. Nous ne pourrons pas estre enviez.\In legationibus esse. Liu. Aller aux embassades.\In longum esse. Tacit. Durer long temps.\Nunc vero mihi in mentem fuit. Plaut. Il m'en souvient à ceste heure.\In metu esse. Terent. Avoir peur, Estre en crainte.\In mora alicui esse. Terent. Le retarder.\In noxia esse. Terent. Avoir failli, Estre en faulte.\In aliquo numero atque honore esse. Caes. Estre aucunement estimé.\In oculis hominibus esse. Cic. Estre aimé d'eulx.\In opere esse. Caesar. Estre à la besongne.\Sum in opinione. Quintil. J'ay opinion.\In pabulo esse dicitur res aliqua. Plin. Qui est bonne à manger.\In procuratione regni esse. Caesar. Avoir la charge et administration du Royaulme.\Quomodo sine aculeo fuci nascantur, in quaestione est. Plin. On demande comment, C'est une question.\Fuit illic in re praesenti. Plaut. Sur le lieu.\In rem communem est. Plautus. C'est pour le prouffit de l'un et de l'autre.\In ridiculo sumus ambo. Plaut. On se mocque de nous.\In ea est sententia. Quintil. Il est de ceste opinion.\In spe esse. Caesar. Estre fort esperé et attendu.\In spe esse. Cic. Esperer.\Multum sunt in venationibus. Caesar. Ils chassent fort souvent.\In vsu esse. Plin. Estre en usage.\Pro aliquo esse. Cic. Faire pour aucun.\Pro meliore fuit. Tacit. Ce a esté pour le mieulx.\Qua quisque sit lege, conditione, foedere, tenere debet. Cic. Quelles alliances et conditions un chascun d'eulx ha avec nous.\Esse summo honore. Cic. Estre en grand honneur.\Incredibili sum solicitudine de tua valetudine. Cicero. Je suis en merveilleux soulci comment tu te portes.\Sum, saepe aduerbiis iungitur: Terent. Vbi illic dies est complures, accersi iubet. Apres qu'il fut là plusieurs jours.\Sit vestra benignitas ad audiendum. Plautus. Plaise vous d'ouir, Rendez vous facile à nous vouloir escouter.\Es, pro Sis. vt, Bono animo es. Plaut. Ayes bon courage.\Moris est plerisque. Quintil. Plusieurs ont de coustume.\Argentum quod daturus iam fui. Terent. Que je te vouloye bailler.\Cuius a morte hic tertius et tricesimus est annus. Ci. Voyci la trentetroisieme annee qu'il est mort.\Est iam annus vt repulsam tulit. Cic. Il y a ja un an que, etc.\Horae duae fuerunt, Quintius ad vadimonium non venit. Cic. Deux heures se passerent.\- estne ipsus, an non est? is est, Certe is est, is profecto. Plaut. Est ce luy, ou non?\Est, responsiuum. Terent. Sed est Simo intus? D. est. Il y est.\Est mihi iter in Lemnum. Terent. Mon chemin s'addresse à Lemnos.\Est, in tertia tantum persona, Pro Conuenit. Valer. Maximus, Non est inter patrem et filium, vllius rei comparationem fieri. Il ne convient pas, Il n'affiert pas.\Quem deprecari esset, quum omnes essent sordidati? Cic. Qui eust on peu prier, veu que, etc.\- fuit quaedam anus Corinthia Hic. Terent. Il fut jadis une vieille.\Est genus hominum qui, etc. Terent. Il est une maniere de gents qui, etc.\Fuit quoddam tempus, quum in agris. Cic. Il a esté un temps que, etc. Un temps fut que, etc.\Fuere qui e thuris arbore vtrunque nasci mentirentur. Plin. Il y en a eu aucuns qui, etc.\Sunt qui volunt te conuentam. Plaut. Il y a quelques uns qui veulent parler à toy.\Est quod visam domum. Plautus. J'ay un peu à faire à la maison.\Est quod gaudeas, te in ista loca venisse, vbi aliquid sapere viderere. Cic. Tu has cause de te resjouir.\Quid ego ex te audio? MEN. hoc quod res est. Plaut. Ce qui est vray.\Erit vbi te vlciscar, si viuo. Plautus. Il viendra un temps que je me vengeray de toy.\Est vbi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum. Plaut. Il advient aucunesfois qu'il, etc. ou Il y a des affaires esquels, etc.\Est vero huic credendum Chreme. Terent. C'est bien un homme de croire, Dict par moquerie.\- sin est vt velis Manere illam apud te, dos hic maneat Demipho. Terent. S'il est ainsi que, etc.\Ero vt me voles. Plaut. Je feray ce que tu vouldras.\Caetera quae eius loci esse videbuntur. Cic. Qui te sembleront estre propres pour le lieu, et y convenir.\Vt in his locis potissimum sim. Cic. Que je m'arreste, ou demeure en ces lieux là.\Nisi prius a vobis impetrabo, vt hic sitis hodie. Cic. Que vous demouriez ici.\Non tam facile iis opitulari est. Cels. Il n'est pas possible de leur aider si facilement.\Esto, istud curabo. Plaut. Prens qu'ainsi soit que tu dis, Pose le cas qu'ainsi soit.\Esto barbari externique ritus inuenerint. Plin. Soit ainsi, Je suis content, Prenez que, etc.\Verum esto, alio loco de aratorum animo et iniuriis videro. Cic. Soit ainsi.\Quod si, vt es, cessabis, lacessam. Cic. Comme tu as accoustumé, Suyvant ton naturel.\Saepe est, quibus in rebus alius ne iratus quidem est, Quum de eadem causa est iracundus factus inimicissimus. Terent. Il advient souvent. -
5 relinquo
rĕ-linquo, līqui, lictum, 3, v. a.I.(With the idea of the re predominating.) To leave behind (cf. desero, omitto).A.In gen., to leave behind by removing one's self; to leave, move away from; to leave, abandon (a person or thing).1.Lit.:2.puerum apud matrem domi,
Plaut. Men. prol. 28:ipse abiit foras, me reliquit pro atriensi in sedibus,
id. Poen. 5, 5, 4:me filiis Relinquont quasi magistrum,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 22:dicerent non me plane de provinciā decessisse, quoniam alterum me reliquissem,
Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:C. Fabium legatum cum legionibus II. castris praesidio relinquit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:cum me servum in servitute pro te hic reliqueris,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 18:fratrem, sc. in provinciā,
Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4:post tergum hostem relinquere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf. id. ib. 7, 11:ille omnibus precibus petere contendit, ut in Galliā relinqueretur,
might be left behind, id. ib. 5, 6:greges pecorum... sub opacā valle reliquit,
Ov. M. 11, 277 et saep.:ea causa miles hic reliquit symbolum,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 53:hic exemplum reliquit ejus,
id. ib. 2, 2, 56:(Hecuba) Hectoris in tumulo canum de vertice crinem... relinquit,
leaves behind, Ov. M. 13, 428:(cacumina silvae) limum tenent in fronde relictum,
left behind, remaining, id. ib. 1, 347.— To leave behind one's self by moving away:longius delatus aestu, sub sinistrā Britanniam relictam conspexit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8:jamque hos, jamque illos, populo mirante, relinquit,
Sil. 16, 503; cf. in pass., to remain or be left behind, Lucr. 5, 626.—Trop.: hanc eram ipsam excusationem relicturus ad Caesarem, was about to leave behind me just this excuse (for my departure), Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1:B.aculeos in animis,
id. Brut. 9, 38:quod coeptum est dici, relinquitur in cogitatione audientium,
Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41:aetate relictā,
Ov. M. 7, 170:repetat relicta,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 97.—Of rank or merit: (Homerus) omnes sine dubio et in omni genere eloquentiae procul a se reliquit,
Quint. 10, 1, 51.—In partic.1. a.Lit.:b.ea mortua est: reliquit filiam adulescentulam,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 41:cum pauper cum duobus fratribus relictus essem,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 2; cf.:pauper jam a majoribus relictus,
Nep. Epam. 2, 1:agri reliquit ei non magnum modum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 13:heredem testamento reliquit hunc P. Quintium,
Cic. Quint. 4, 15:cum ei testamento sestertiūm milies relinquatur,
id. Off. 3, 24, 93:non, si qui argentum omne legavit, videri potest signatam quoque pecuniam reliquisse,
Quint. 5, 11, 33:qui mihi reliquit haec quae habeo omnia,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 40:cedo, quid reliquit Phania,
id. Hec. 3, 5, 8 and 13:fundos decem et tres reliquit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:aliquantum aeris alieni,
id. Quint. 4, 15:servus aut donatus aut testamento relictus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67:alicui arva, greges, armenta,
Ov. M. 3, 585:se testamento liberum relictum,
Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 16.—Trop., to leave, leave behind one:2.consiliorum ac virtutum nostrarum effigiem,
Cic. Arch. 12, 30:qui sic sunt, haud multum heredem juvant, Sibi vero hanc laudem relinquont: vixit, dum vixit, bene,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 11:rem publicam nobis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 46, 70; cf.:statum civitatis,
id. ib. 1, 21, 34; id. Par. 1, 2, 10:opus alicui,
id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: memoriam [p. 1558] aut brevem aut nullam, id. Off. 2, 16, 55:monumentum audaciae suae aeternum,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 129:quae scripta nobis summi ex Graeciā sapientissimique homines reliquerunt,
id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:scriptum in Originibus,
id. Brut. 19, 75:scripta posteris,
Quint. 1, praef. 1:in scriptis relictum,
Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194:orationes reliquit et annales,
id. Brut. 27, 106:duo tantum volumina,
Suet. Gram. 7:librum de suis rebus imperfectum,
id. ib. 12; cf.:si non omnia vates Ficta reliquerunt,
Ov. M. 13, 734:pater, o relictum Filiae nomen,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 34.—To leave a thing behind; to leave remaining; to allow or permit to remain, to let remain, leave; pass., to be left, to remain.a.Lit.:b.nihil relinquo in aedibus, Nec vas, nec vestimentum,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 88:multis autem non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleae quidem ex omni fructu atque ex annuo labore relinquerentur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114:nihil de tanto patrimonio,
id. Rosc. Am. 3, 10:equitatus partem illi adtribuit, partem sibi reliquit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 34:angustioribus portis relictis,
id. ib. 7, 70;41: unam (filiam) minimamque relinque,
leave to me, Ov. M. 6, 299:jam pauca aratro jugera regiae Moles relinquent,
Hor. C. 2, 15, 2:dapis meliora relinquens,
id. S. 2, 6, 89:magis apta tibi tua dona relinquam,
id. Ep. 1, 7, 43:haec porcis hodie comedenda relinquis,
id. ib. 1, 7, 19; cf.:habitanda fana Apris reliquit,
id. Epod. 16, 20:relinquebatur una per Sequanos via,
remained, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; cf.:unā ex parte leniter acclivis aditus relinquebatur,
id. ib. 2, 29:se cum paucis relictum videt,
Sall. C. 60, 7:nec aliud dicionis Atheniensium praeter ipsam urbem reliquit,
Just. 5, 7, 3.—Trop.:3.quasi corpori reliqueris Tuo potestatem coloris ulli capiendi mala,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 37:quam igitur relinquis populari rei publicae laudem?
Cic. Rep. 3, 35, 48:ut vobis non modo dignitatis retinendae, sed ne libertatis quidem recuperandae spes relinquatur,
id. Agr. 1, 6, 17:ceterorum sententiis semotis, relinquitur non mihi cum Torquato, sed virtuti cum voluptate certatio,
id. Fin. 2, 14, 44; cf.:ne qua spes in fugā relinqueretur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 51:nullā provocatione ad populum contra necem et verbera relicta,
Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 62; Hor. S. 1, 10, 51:quis igitur relictus est objurgandi locus?
Ter. And. 1, 1, 127; cf.:nihil est preci loci relictum,
id. ib. 3, 4, 22; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 14;and, in another sense: plane nec precibus nostris nec admonitionibus relinquit locum,
i. e. he leaves no occasion for them, renders them superfluous, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:ne cui iniquo relinqueremus vituperandi locum,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1:Aedui nullum sibi ad cognoscendum spatium relinquunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 42:spatium deliberandi,
Nep. Eun, 12, 3:vita turpis ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,
Cic. Quint. 15, 49; Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 33; cf. Cic. Brut. 72, 253 (v. Bernhardy ad loc.):vita relicta est tantum modo,
Ov. P. 4, 16, 49:quod munitioni castrorum tempus relinqui volebat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 9 fin.:mihi consilium et virtutis vestrae regimen relinquite,
Tac. H. 1, 84:suspicionem alicui relinquere,
Suet. Caes. 86:aliquem veniae vel saevitiae alicujus,
Tac. H. 1, 68 fin.:aliquem poenae,
Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 20:aliquem poenae,
Ov. M. 7, 41: leto, poenaeque, id. id. 14, 217; cf.:urbem direptioni et incendiis,
to give up, surrender, abandon, Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2:neu relinquas hominem innocentem ad alicujus tui dissimilis quaestum,
do not leave, id. ib. 13, 64:aliquid in alicujus spe,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 4, 16. — Poet., with obj.-clause:(metus) Omnia suffundens mortis nigrore, neque ullam Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit,
Lucr. 3, 40; 1, 703; Ov. M. 14, 100:dum ex parvo nobis tantundem haurire relinquas,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 52; Sil. 3, 708: nihil relinquitur nisi fuga, there is nothing left, nothing remains, but, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 6:relinquitur illud, quod vociferari non destitit, non debuisse, etc.,
Cic. Fl. 34, 85; cf.:mihi nihil relicti quicquam aliud jam esse intellego,
Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 81.— Impers. relinquitur, with ut (Zumpt, Gram. §621): relinquitur, ut, si vincimur in Hispaniā, quiescamus,
it remains, that, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2; cf.: relinquebatur, ut neque longius ab agmine legionum discedi Caesar pateretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19 fin. — In a logical conclusion: relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, hence it follows that, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; id. Div. 2, 5, 14.—With double predicate, to leave a thing behind in a certain state; to leave, let remain, suffer to be, etc.:II.eum Plautus locum Reliquit integrum,
has left untouched, Ter. Ad. prol. 10:praesertim cum integram rem et causam reliquerim,
have left unaltered, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13; cf.:Scaptius me rogat, ut rem sic relinquam,
id. ib. 5, 21, 13, §12: Morini, quos Caesar in Britanniam proficiscens pacatos reliquerat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37; cf.:amici, quos incorruptos Jugurtha reliquerat,
Sall. J. 103, 2:reliquit (eam) Incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis,
Verg. A. 12, 160:(naves) in litore deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 9:erat aeger in praesidio relictus,
id. ib. 6, 38:in mediis lacerā nave relinquor aquis,
Ov. P. 2, 3, 28:quod insepultos reliquissent eos, quos, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 4, 8, 26; 2, 11, 21:aliquid incohatum,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55; cf.:inceptam oppugnationem,
to give up, abandon, quit, Caes. B. G. 7, 17:incoepta fila,
Ov. M. 6, 34:infecta sacra,
id. ib. 6, 202:opus incoeptum,
id. A. A. 2, 78:verba imperfecta,
id. H. 13, 13:pro effectis relinquunt, vixdum incohata,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:aliquid injudicatum,
id. 10, 1, 67:aliquid neglectum,
id. 1, 1, 29:incertum,
id. 2, 10, 14:tantas copias sine imperio,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20 init.; cf.:sine ture aras,
Ov. M. 8, 277:verbum in ambiguo,
Lucr. 4, 1137:mulierem nullam nominabo: tantum in medio relinquam,
Cic. Cael. 20, 48; cf.:correptio in dubio relicta,
Quint. 7, 9, 13.(With the idea of the verb predominant.) To leave behind one, to leave, go away from; to forsake, abandon, desert a person or thing.A.In gen.1.Lit.:2.ubi illaec obsecrost quae me hic reliquit,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 32: relinquamus nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; cf.:non ego te hic lubens relinquo neque abeo abs te,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 33:domum propinquosque reliquisse,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf. id. ib. 1, 30:relictis locis superioribus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 36:loci relinquendi facultas,
Caes. B. G. 3, 4 fin.:Ilio relicto,
Hor. C. 1, 10, 14:urbes,
id. ib. 2, 20, 5:moenia,
id. Epod. 17, 13:litus relictum Respicit,
Ov. M. 2, 873:Roma relinquenda est,
id. Tr. 1, 3, 62:colles clamore relinqui (sc.: a bubus),
were left behind, Verg. A. 8, 216 Wagn.:limen,
id. ib. 5, 316:mensas,
id. ib. 3, 213:dominos,
Cat. 61, 51:volucres Ova relinquebant,
Lucr. 5, 802 et saep.—Trop.: me somnu' reliquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 52 Vahl.); cf.:B.quem vita reliquit,
Lucr. 5, 63: reliquit aliquem vita, for to die, Ov. M. 11, 327:ubi vita tuos reliquerit artus,
id. Ib. 339;for which, also, reversely: animam relinquam potius, quam illas deseram,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 52; so,vitam,
Verg. G. 3, 547; cf. Tac. A. 4, 34:lucem,
Verg. A. 4, 452:lumen vitale,
Ov. M. 14, 175:consitus sum senectute, vires Reliquere,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 6:aliquem animus,
id. Mil. 4, 8, 37; Caes. B. G. 6, 38:animus reliquit euntem,
Ov. M. 10, 459:aliquem anima,
Nep. Eum. 4, 2:ab omni honestate relictus,
abandoned, destitute of, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 23:ab alterā (quartanā) relictum esse,
id. Att. 8, 6, 3; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 290.—In partic., pregn., to leave in the lurch; to forsake, abandon, desert, etc. (v. desero, destituo, prodo).1.Lit.:2.qui... Reliquit deseruitque me,
has forsaken me, has given me the slip, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 45; cf.:reliquit me homo atque abiit,
Ter. And. 4, 4, 5:succurrere relictae,
Verg. A. 9, 290.—Of the forsaking of a lover by his mistress,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 64; Tib. 3, 6, 40; Prop. 1, 6, 8; Ov. H. 10, 80; id. M. 8, 108:paucos, qui ex fugā evaserant, reliquerunt,
i. e. let them escape, Caes. B. G. 3, 19. — Of things, to leave, give up, abandon, etc.:argentum si relinquo ac non peto, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 31:auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra,
Liv. 5, 6; cf.:relictā non bene parmulā,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 10.—Trop., to leave, let alone, give up, resign, neglect, forsake, abandon, relinquish:rem et causam et utilitatem communem non relinquere solum, sed etiam prodere,
Cic. Caecin. 18, 50 (for which:derelinquo jam communem causam,
id. ib. 35, 103):jus suum dissolute,
id. ib. 36, 103:affectum, cum ad summum perduxerimus,
Quint. 6, 1, 29:(puella) Quod cupide petiit, mature plena reliquit,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 100: eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, to leave or lay aside every thing else, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 8; cf.:omnibus relictis rebus,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 6; so,relictis rebus (omnibus),
id. Ep. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 1, 25; Ter. And. 2, 5, 1; id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Heaut. 4, 7, 12; Lucr. 3, 1071; Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 51; Caes. B. C. 3, 102; cf.also: res omnes relictas habeo prae quod tu velis,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 38:omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 2, 14:et agrorum et armorum cultum,
to give up, abandon, neglect, id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:si tu ea relinquis et deseris,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 36, § 80:studium exquirendi,
id. Ac. 1, 3, 7:agrum alternis annis,
to suffer to lie fallow, Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 3:loca relicta,
uncultivated, wild lands, Front. Limit. p. 42 Goes.; so,relictae possessiones,
Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3:milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,
abandoned, relinquished, id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf. possessionem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4:obsidionem,
to raise the siege, Liv. 5, 48:caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,
leave unmentioned, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 6:consulto relinquere (locum), opp. praetermittere,
id. Off. 3, 2, 9; cf.:hoc certe neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est,
id. Cat. 3, 8, 18; and:audistis haec, judices, quae nunc ego omnia praetereo et relinquo,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106;in this sense also,
id. Brut. 45, 165; cf. id. ib. 19, 76; Hor. A. P. 150:cur injurias tuas conjunctas cum publicis reliquisti?
left unnoticed, uncensured, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, § 84; cf.:vim et causam efficiendi reliquerunt,
id. Fin. 1, 6, 18:vos legatum omni supplicio interfectum relinquetis?
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:quis est, qui vim hominibus armatis factam relinqui putet oportere,
id. Caecin. 3, 9.— Poet., with obj.clause:quod si plane contueare, mirari multa relinquas,
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af-fero (ad-fero), attulī (adtulī), allātum (adlātum), afferre (adferre), her-, herbei-, hinbringen, -tragen, -schaffen, -liefern, m. bl. Acc., od. zugl. m. folg. ad od. m. bl. Dat. des Orts od. der Person, I) eig.: 1) v. leb. Wesen: C. Attuli hunc (habe hergebracht). Ps. Quid attulisti? C. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut.: lumen, Enn. fr.: dona, panem, Curt.: argentum secum, Plaut.: coronam auream donum (als G.), Curt. 4, 2 (7), 2: huc afferam meum corium et flagrum, Varr. fr.: affer huc scyphos, Hor.: inde mortuus Romam allatus, Liv.: aff. eo (dahin) munera cuiusque generis, Nep.: scrinium cum litteris... eodem (ebendahin) Sall.: viginti minas ad alqm, Plaut.: HS sexagies ad alqm, Caes.: argentum alci, Ter.: camelis (auf K.) cocta cibaria, Curt.: lecticā (in einer S.) alqm in forum, Liv.: ex propinquis urbibus cocta cibaria in castra, Liv.: a Graecia leges, Flor.: tabulas Romam, Caes.: alqd domo, Cic.: omnem cibum pede ad rostrum, veluti manu, Plin.: lapidem ad filium claudendum ad introitum aedis, Nep.: scribam sibi pugionem a Bibulo attulisse, Cic.: peditem alvo (im Bauche), Verg.: alimenta nubibus (Dat.), zuführen, Ov. – insbes., afferre epistulam od. litteras, überbringen, Cic. u.a. (dah. is qui litteras attulit, der Überbringer dieses Br., Cic.): aff. litteras od. epistulam ad alqm, Cic.: u. im Passiv, affertur epistula, afferuntur litterae peregre, ab urbe, ab alqo (von jmd. als Absender), ex Asia, Romam, ein Br. (eine Depesche) geht od. läuft ein, Plaut., Cic. u.a. – abite illuc, unde malum pedem attulistis, hierher gesetzt, Catull.: te qui vivum casus... attulerint, hergebracht, -geführt, Verg.: dah. se afferre huc, sich hierher begeben, hier erscheinen, Komik. u. Verg.: u. so sese a moenibus, Verg.: u. ebenso im Pass., afferri hanc urbem, nahen dieser St., Verg. Aen. 7, 216.
2) v. Lebl.: a) übh.: si tantum notas odor attulit auras, herbeigeführt hat, Verg. georg. 3, 251: tunc modulatae multitudinis conferta vox aures eius affertur, dringt zu seinen O., Apul. met. 5, 3. – b) insbes., v. Boden, v. Bäumen = als Ertrag bringen, tragen, hervorbringen, talis ager post longam desidiam laetas segetes affert, Col.: vitis afferre se uvam ostendit, Varr.: vitis intra annum ingentes uvas purpureas attulit, Capit.: surculi, qui primum florem afferunt, Col.: plantae sinapis plus vere afferunt, Col.: u. so afferre fructum oft bei den Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 348 f.). – u.v. Jahr, magnum proventum poëtarum annus hic attulit, brachte eine gr. Ausbeute, war sehr ergiebig an D., Plin. ep. 1, 13 in. – v. Handlungen, pecuniam, Geld einbringen, Gewinn bringen, Sen. ep. 76, 18.
II) übtr.: A) im allg., herbei-, bei-, mitbringen, bei etw. zeigen, aufzuweisen haben, an sich haben (s. Sorof Cic. de or. 3, 45), plenas aures adfero, Titin. fr.: pacem ad vos adfero, Plaut.: alqd ad amicitiam populi Romani, Caes.: aliquantulum (sc. dotis) quae adferret, Ter.: consulatum in familiam, Cic.: animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas, Cic.: unum hoc vitium senectus affert hominibus, Ter.: si unum aliquid (einen einzigen Vorzug) affert, Cic.: aliquid oratori (für den R.), Cic.: nihil ostentationis aut imitationis, Cic.: matri salutem, Ov.: alci auxilium, Ter., opem, Ter. u. Ov.: opem in eam rem, Liv.: consilium, einen R. erteilen, Liv. u. Curt. – insbes., dentes in dominum (von den Hunden des Aktäon), gegen ihren Herrn richten, Varr. r.r. 2, 9, 9. – manus afferre alci od. alci rei (zB. bonis alienis), an jmd. od. etw. Hand legen, sich vergreifen, Cic.: manus sibi, Hand an sich selbst legen = sich töten, Planc. in Cic. ep. 10, 23, 4. Auct. b. Afr. 93, 3; od. = sich einen Stich beibringen, sich Blut abzapfen, Sen. nat. qu. 4, 6, 3: manus suis vulneribus, sie wieder aufreißen, Cic.: beneficio suo manus, die W. wertlos machen, Sen.: ohne Dativ, pro se quisque manus affert, legt Hand mit an, wird handgreiflich, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 67. – alci (virgini, corpori, pudicitiae u. dgl.) vim, jmdm. »Gewalt antun«, an jmd. »gewalttätig sich vergreifen«, jmd. »mit Gewalt nötigen«, Cic. u.a. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 42, 29, 9 u. die Erklärungen zu Ov. her. 17, 21): vim aff. religioni, Iustin.: vim et manus afferre, zu Gewalt u. Gewalttätigkeiten schreiten, Cic.
B) insbes.: 1) eine Nachricht, ein Gerücht usw. bringen, hinterbringen, im Passiv = eingehen, einlaufen, alci non iucundissimum nuntium, Cic.: falsum nuntium mortis eius, Curt.: alci laetus nuntius affertur m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Curt.: qui de me rumores afferuntur, Cic. fil.: priusquam fama ac nuntius afferretur, Caes.: affertur fama m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. – öfter afferre alqd od. de alqa re ( wie φέρειν), etw. als Nachricht, Kunde, Botschaft, Gerücht usw. über- od. hinterbringen, melden, an- od. verkündigen, zutragen, novum, aliquid novi, Komik. u. Curt.: pacis condicionem od. condiciones, Caes. u. Curt.: miros terrores (Schreckensnachrichten) ad alqm, Cic.: eo de Hortensii morte mihi est allatum, es ist mir die Nachricht zugekommen, Cic.: iam diu nihil novi ad nos afferebatur, haben nichts Neues gehört, Cic.: exspecto, quid illim (von dort) afferatur, Cic. – bes. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Caelium ad illum attulisse se quaerere etc., Cic.: cum crebri nuntii afferrent male rem gerere Darium, Nep.: cum alii atque alii nuntii bellum instare afferrent, da eine Nachricht über die andere den nahen Ausbruch des Kriegs ankündigte, Liv.: alius praesens terror (Schreckensnachricht) affertur Scythas adventare, Curt.: u. im Passiv, crebri rumores afferuntur (es verbreitet sich ein Gerücht über das andere) Belgas contra populum Rom. coniurare, Caes.: u. unpers., paucis ei diebus affertur (läuft die Nachricht ein) conventum Cordubensem ab eo defecisse, Auct. b. Alex.: dictatorem eum dictum... Veios allatum est, ist die Nachricht gelangt od. eingelaufen, Liv. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 8, 17, 7. Drak. u. Fabri 22, 14, 11 viele Beisp.).
2) einen Beweis, Grund usw. od. etw. als Beweis, Grund, Behauptung, Widerlegung, Entschuldigung bei- od. vorbringen, vorschlagen, anführen, angeben (s. Müller Liv. 1, 23, 6), indicium conscientiae, Curt.: causam, Cic.: vana, haud vana, Liv.: argumentum (als Beweis) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., aquam... mitescere, Curt. 6, 4 (12), 18: rationes, cur hoc ita sit, Cic.: affers haec omnia argumenta, cur di sint, Cic.: u. mit indir. Fragesatz (s. die Auslgg. zu Cic. Tusc. 1, 70. Sorof Cic. de or. 3, 78), cur credam, afferre possum, kann ich (den Grund) angeben, Cic. – nihil afferunt, qui negant, man bringt etwas Nichtssagendes vor, wenn man behauptet, nicht usw., Cic.: hic mihi afferunt mediocritates, da kommen sie mit ihren M., Cic.: aetatem, zur Entschuldigung anführen, Cic.
3) jmdm. etw. beibringen, herbeiführen = hervorbringen, hervorrufen, eintragen, veranlassen, bewirken, verursachen, machen, geben, für jmd. mit sich führen od. bringen, nach sich ziehen (bes. v. Umständen, Ereignissen usw., s. Heräus Tac. hist. 1, 7, 12 u. 1, 39, 10. Nägelsb. Stil. § 107, 1), insaniam, Caecil. com.: alci mortem, Plaut. u. Cic.: alci causam mortis voluntariae, Cic.: alci perniciem, interitum, Cic.: detrimentum, incommodum, Caes.: alci laetitiam, delectationem, dolorem, Cic.: alci parem invidiam, Tac.: alci odium, contemptum, Curt.: alci curam maiorem, Cic.: multas alci lacrimas, magnam populo Romano cladem, Cic.: festinationes (Eile über Eile), Cic.: salutem alci, Cic.: alci rei, Caes.: alci crimen, zum Vorwurf gereichen, Cic.: in re militari nova, neue Einrichtungen herbeiführen, Nep.: non (illa praesidia) afferunt oratori aliquid, haben für den Redner etwas an sich (üben einige Gewalt auf den R. aus), Cic. – v.d. Zeit, nunc hic dies aliam vitam affert, Ter. Andr. 189: multa diem tempusque afferre posse, Liv. 42, 50, 3: quod optanti divom promittere nemo auderet, volvenda dies en attulit ultro, Verg. Aen. 9, 6 sq.
4) zu irgend einem Zweck od. Erfolg beitragen, communes utilitates in medium (Gemeinnützliches, zum Gebrauch aller), Cic.: multam utilitatem rei publicae atque societati, Cic. – dah. afferre aliquid, zu etwas beitragen, bei etwas nützen, helfen, mit folg. ad u. Akk. od. bl. Dat., aliquid ad communem utilitatem, Cic.: ad bene vivendum aliquid, Cic.: u. das Gegenteil, nihil afferre, nichts beitragen, -nützen, ad communem fructum, Cic.: u. in der Frage, quid oves aliud afferunt (nützen), nisi ut homines vestiantur, Cic.
5) etwas als Zutat, Zuwachs hinzubringen, hinzufügen, multa addunt atque afferunt de suo, Cic.: ad paternas magnas necessitudines magnam attulit accessionem tua voluntas erga me, Cic.: quis attulerit, wer die Klausel (der Rogation) angefügt habe, ihr Urheber sei, Cic. – / Parag. Infin. Präs. Pass. adferrier, Plaut. aul. 571. – spätlat. afferet (= affert), Itala (Fuld.) Matth. 13, 23: Imperat. affers (= affer), Poët. b. Fulg. myth. 3, 8. Itala Luc. 13, 7 u.a. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 294): afferitis (= afferte), Itala (Verc.). Ioann. 21, 10.
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7 affero
af-fero (ad-fero), attulī (adtulī), allātum (adlātum), afferre (adferre), her-, herbei-, hinbringen, -tragen, - schaffen, -liefern, m. bl. Acc., od. zugl. m. folg. ad od. m. bl. Dat. des Orts od. der Person, I) eig.: 1) v. leb. Wesen: C. Attuli hunc (habe hergebracht). Ps. Quid attulisti? C. Adduxi volui dicere, Plaut.: lumen, Enn. fr.: dona, panem, Curt.: argentum secum, Plaut.: coronam auream donum (als G.), Curt. 4, 2 (7), 2: huc afferam meum corium et flagrum, Varr. fr.: affer huc scyphos, Hor.: inde mortuus Romam allatus, Liv.: aff. eo (dahin) munera cuiusque generis, Nep.: scrinium cum litteris... eodem (ebendahin) Sall.: viginti minas ad alqm, Plaut.: HS sexagies ad alqm, Caes.: argentum alci, Ter.: camelis (auf K.) cocta cibaria, Curt.: lecticā (in einer S.) alqm in forum, Liv.: ex propinquis urbibus cocta cibaria in castra, Liv.: a Graecia leges, Flor.: tabulas Romam, Caes.: alqd domo, Cic.: omnem cibum pede ad rostrum, veluti manu, Plin.: lapidem ad filium claudendum ad introitum aedis, Nep.: scribam sibi pugionem a Bibulo attulisse, Cic.: peditem alvo (im Bauche), Verg.: alimenta nubibus (Dat.), zuführen, Ov. – insbes., afferre epistulam od. litteras, überbringen, Cic. u.a. (dah. is qui litteras attulit, der Überbringer dieses Br., Cic.): aff. litteras od. epistulam ad alqm, Cic.: u. im Passiv, affertur epistula, afferuntur litterae peregre, ab urbe,————ab alqo (von jmd. als Absender), ex Asia, Romam, ein Br. (eine Depesche) geht od. läuft ein, Plaut., Cic. u.a. – abite illuc, unde malum pedem attulistis, hierher gesetzt, Catull.: te qui vivum casus... attulerint, hergebracht, -geführt, Verg.: dah. se afferre huc, sich hierher begeben, hier erscheinen, Komik. u. Verg.: u. so sese a moenibus, Verg.: u. ebenso im Pass., afferri hanc urbem, nahen dieser St., Verg. Aen. 7, 216.2) v. Lebl.: a) übh.: si tantum notas odor attulit auras, herbeigeführt hat, Verg. georg. 3, 251: tunc modulatae multitudinis conferta vox aures eius affertur, dringt zu seinen O., Apul. met. 5, 3. – b) insbes., v. Boden, v. Bäumen = als Ertrag bringen, tragen, hervorbringen, talis ager post longam desidiam laetas segetes affert, Col.: vitis afferre se uvam ostendit, Varr.: vitis intra annum ingentes uvas purpureas attulit, Capit.: surculi, qui primum florem afferunt, Col.: plantae sinapis plus vere afferunt, Col.: u. so afferre fructum oft bei den Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 348 f.). – u.v. Jahr, magnum proventum poëtarum annus hic attulit, brachte eine gr. Ausbeute, war sehr ergiebig an D., Plin. ep. 1, 13 in. – v. Handlungen, pecuniam, Geld einbringen, Gewinn bringen, Sen. ep. 76, 18.II) übtr.: A) im allg., herbei-, bei-, mitbringen, bei etw. zeigen, aufzuweisen haben, an sich haben (s. Sorof Cic. de or. 3, 45), plenas aures adfero, Titin.————fr.: pacem ad vos adfero, Plaut.: alqd ad amicitiam populi Romani, Caes.: aliquantulum (sc. dotis) quae adferret, Ter.: consulatum in familiam, Cic.: animum vacuum ad res difficiles scribendas, Cic.: unum hoc vitium senectus affert hominibus, Ter.: si unum aliquid (einen einzigen Vorzug) affert, Cic.: aliquid oratori (für den R.), Cic.: nihil ostentationis aut imitationis, Cic.: matri salutem, Ov.: alci auxilium, Ter., opem, Ter. u. Ov.: opem in eam rem, Liv.: consilium, einen R. erteilen, Liv. u. Curt. – insbes., dentes in dominum (von den Hunden des Aktäon), gegen ihren Herrn richten, Varr. r.r. 2, 9, 9. – manus afferre alci od. alci rei (zB. bonis alienis), an jmd. od. etw. Hand legen, sich vergreifen, Cic.: manus sibi, Hand an sich selbst legen = sich töten, Planc. in Cic. ep. 10, 23, 4. Auct. b. Afr. 93, 3; od. = sich einen Stich beibringen, sich Blut abzapfen, Sen. nat. qu. 4, 6, 3: manus suis vulneribus, sie wieder aufreißen, Cic.: beneficio suo manus, die W. wertlos machen, Sen.: ohne Dativ, pro se quisque manus affert, legt Hand mit an, wird handgreiflich, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 67. – alci (virgini, corpori, pudicitiae u. dgl.) vim, jmdm. »Gewalt antun«, an jmd. »gewalttätig sich vergreifen«, jmd. »mit Gewalt nötigen«, Cic. u.a. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 42, 29, 9 u. die Erklärungen zu Ov. her. 17, 21): vim aff. religioni, Iustin.: vim et manus afferre, zu Gewalt u. Gewalttätigkeiten schreiten, Cic.————B) insbes.: 1) eine Nachricht, ein Gerücht usw. bringen, hinterbringen, im Passiv = eingehen, einlaufen, alci non iucundissimum nuntium, Cic.: falsum nuntium mortis eius, Curt.: alci laetus nuntius affertur m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Curt.: qui de me rumores afferuntur, Cic. fil.: priusquam fama ac nuntius afferretur, Caes.: affertur fama m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. – öfter afferre alqd od. de alqa re ( wie φέρειν), etw. als Nachricht, Kunde, Botschaft, Gerücht usw. über- od. hinterbringen, melden, an- od. verkündigen, zutragen, novum, aliquid novi, Komik. u. Curt.: pacis condicionem od. condiciones, Caes. u. Curt.: miros terrores (Schreckensnachrichten) ad alqm, Cic.: eo de Hortensii morte mihi est allatum, es ist mir die Nachricht zugekommen, Cic.: iam diu nihil novi ad nos afferebatur, haben nichts Neues gehört, Cic.: exspecto, quid illim (von dort) afferatur, Cic. – bes. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Caelium ad illum attulisse se quaerere etc., Cic.: cum crebri nuntii afferrent male rem gerere Darium, Nep.: cum alii atque alii nuntii bellum instare afferrent, da eine Nachricht über die andere den nahen Ausbruch des Kriegs ankündigte, Liv.: alius praesens terror (Schreckensnachricht) affertur Scythas adventare, Curt.: u. im Passiv, crebri rumores afferuntur (es verbreitet sich ein Gerücht über das andere) Belgas contra populum Rom. coniurare, Caes.: u. unpers., paucis ei diebus affertur————(läuft die Nachricht ein) conventum Cordubensem ab eo defecisse, Auct. b. Alex.: dictatorem eum dictum... Veios allatum est, ist die Nachricht gelangt od. eingelaufen, Liv. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 8, 17, 7. Drak. u. Fabri 22, 14, 11 viele Beisp.).2) einen Beweis, Grund usw. od. etw. als Beweis, Grund, Behauptung, Widerlegung, Entschuldigung bei- od. vorbringen, vorschlagen, anführen, angeben (s. Müller Liv. 1, 23, 6), indicium conscientiae, Curt.: causam, Cic.: vana, haud vana, Liv.: argumentum (als Beweis) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., aquam... mitescere, Curt. 6, 4 (12), 18: rationes, cur hoc ita sit, Cic.: affers haec omnia argumenta, cur di sint, Cic.: u. mit indir. Fragesatz (s. die Auslgg. zu Cic. Tusc. 1, 70. Sorof Cic. de or. 3, 78), cur credam, afferre possum, kann ich (den Grund) angeben, Cic. – nihil afferunt, qui negant, man bringt etwas Nichtssagendes vor, wenn man behauptet, nicht usw., Cic.: hic mihi afferunt mediocritates, da kommen sie mit ihren M., Cic.: aetatem, zur Entschuldigung anführen, Cic.3) jmdm. etw. beibringen, herbeiführen = hervorbringen, hervorrufen, eintragen, veranlassen, bewirken, verursachen, machen, geben, für jmd. mit sich führen od. bringen, nach sich ziehen (bes. v. Umständen, Ereignissen usw., s. Heräus Tac. hist. 1, 7, 12 u. 1, 39, 10. Nägelsb. Stil. § 107, 1), insaniam, Caecil. com.: alci mortem, Plaut. u. Cic.: alci causam————mortis voluntariae, Cic.: alci perniciem, interitum, Cic.: detrimentum, incommodum, Caes.: alci laetitiam, delectationem, dolorem, Cic.: alci parem invidiam, Tac.: alci odium, contemptum, Curt.: alci curam maiorem, Cic.: multas alci lacrimas, magnam populo Romano cladem, Cic.: festinationes (Eile über Eile), Cic.: salutem alci, Cic.: alci rei, Caes.: alci crimen, zum Vorwurf gereichen, Cic.: in re militari nova, neue Einrichtungen herbeiführen, Nep.: non (illa praesidia) afferunt oratori aliquid, haben für den Redner etwas an sich (üben einige Gewalt auf den R. aus), Cic. – v.d. Zeit, nunc hic dies aliam vitam affert, Ter. Andr. 189: multa diem tempusque afferre posse, Liv. 42, 50, 3: quod optanti divom promittere nemo auderet, volvenda dies en attulit ultro, Verg. Aen. 9, 6 sq.4) zu irgend einem Zweck od. Erfolg beitragen, communes utilitates in medium (Gemeinnützliches, zum Gebrauch aller), Cic.: multam utilitatem rei publicae atque societati, Cic. – dah. afferre aliquid, zu etwas beitragen, bei etwas nützen, helfen, mit folg. ad u. Akk. od. bl. Dat., aliquid ad communem utilitatem, Cic.: ad bene vivendum aliquid, Cic.: u. das Gegenteil, nihil afferre, nichts beitragen, -nützen, ad communem fructum, Cic.: u. in der Frage, quid oves aliud afferunt (nützen), nisi ut homines vestiantur, Cic.————5) etwas als Zutat, Zuwachs hinzubringen, hinzufügen, multa addunt atque afferunt de suo, Cic.: ad paternas magnas necessitudines magnam attulit accessionem tua voluntas erga me, Cic.: quis attulerit, wer die Klausel (der Rogation) angefügt habe, ihr Urheber sei, Cic. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. Präs. Pass. adferrier, Plaut. aul. 571. – spätlat. afferet (= affert), Itala (Fuld.) Matth. 13, 23: Imperat. affers (= affer), Poët. b. Fulg. myth. 3, 8. Itala Luc. 13, 7 u.a. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 294): afferitis (= afferte), Itala (Verc.). Ioann. 21, 10. -
8 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. -
9 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. -
10 affero
adfĕro (affĕro), ferre, attŭli (adtŭli), allātum (adlātum) - tr. - - inf. passif arch. adferrier, Plaut. Aul. 571. [st1]1 [-] apporter, porter à, porter vers. - candelabrum Romam adferre, Cic. Verr. 4, 64: apporter un candélabre à Rome. - Socrati orationem adferre, Cic. de Or. 1, 231: apporter un discours à Socrate. - scyphos ad praetorem adferre, Cic Verr. 4, 32: apporter des coupes au préteur. - tamquam vento adlatae naves, Liv. 44, 20, 7: vaisseaux pour ainsi dire apportés par le vent. - afferre se (afferri), Virg.: se rendre, se diriger, s'avancer. - afferre pedem, Cat.: se rendre, se diriger, s'avancer. - aliquid ad aliquem (alicui) adferre: apporter qqch à qqn. - adferre litteras ad aliquem (adferre litteras alicui), Cic.: apporter une lettre à qqn. - nimium raro nobis abs te litterae adferuntur, Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1: on m'apporte trop rarement des lettres de toi. - nuntium alicui adferre, Cic. Amer. 19: apporter une nouvelle à qqn. - adfertur ei de quarta nuntius, Cic. Phil. 13, 19: on lui apporte la nouvelle concernant la quatrième légion. - crebri ad eum rumores adferebantur, Caes. BG. 2, 1, 1: des bruits fréquents lui parvenaient. - ego jussero cadum unum vini veteris a me adferrier, Plaut. Aul. 571: je te ferai porter de chez moi un tonneau de vin vieux. [st1]2 [-] apporter une nouvelle, annoncer. - quietae res ex Volscis adferebantur, Liv. 6, 30, 7: on annonçait que les Volsques se tenaient tranquilles. - quicquid huc erit a Pompeio adlatum, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 5: toutes les nouvelles qu'on apportera ici de Pompée. - nuntiarunt caedem consulis adlatam aegre tulisse regem, Liv. 22, 37, 2: ils annoncèrent que le roi avait supporté avec peine la nouvelle de la mort du consul. - alii majorem adferentes tumultum nuntii occurrunt, Liv. 27, 33, 1: d'autres messagers se présentent à lui, apportant la nouvelle d'un trouble plus grand (plus alarmant). - cum mihi de Q. Hortensii morte esset adlatum, Cic. Br. 1: comme la nouvelle m'avait été apportée de la mort d'Hortensius. - adferre + prop. inf.: annoncer que, rapporter que. - ita Caelius ad illam adtulit se aurum quaerere, Cic. Cael. 53: Caelius lui annonça qu'il cherchait de l'or. - nuntii adferebant male rem gerere Darium, Nep. Milt. 3, 3: les messagers annonçaient que Darius n'était pas heureux dans son expédition. - novos hostes consilia cum veteribus jungere haud incertis auctoribus Romam est adlatum, Liv. 4, 45, 3: on annonça à Rome de source certaine que de nouveaux ennemis faisaient cause commune avec les anciens. - pro comperto adtulit Achmos statuisse progredi, Liv. 35, 29, 9: il annonça comme une nouvelle certaine que les Achéens avaient décidé de marcher de l'avant. - adferre ut + subj.: apporter l’ordre de. - ab Carthagine adlatum est ut Hasdrubal in Italiam exercitum duceret, Liv. 23, 27, 9: de Carthage l'ordre vint qu'Hasdrubal conduisît son armée en Italie. [st1]3 [-] porter sur, porter contre. - vim alicui adferre, Cic. Pomp. 39: faire violence à qqn. - manus alienis bonis adferre, Cic. Off. 2, 54: porter la main sur les biens d'autrui. - manus alicui adferre, Cic. Quinct. 85: se livrer à des actes de violence sur qqn. - beneficio suo manus adfert, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3: il enlève à son bienfait tout son prix. - adferre sibi manus, Cic.: se tuer de sa propre main. [st1]4 [-] apporter en plus; apporter à mettre à. - ita ut, quantum tuis operibus diuturnitas detrahet, tantum adferat laudibus, Cic. Marc. 12: en sorte que, tout ce que le temps enlèvera à ton oeuvre, il l'ajoutera à ta gloire. - adferre non minus ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis, Cic. Mur. 4: apporter à sa plaidoirie non moins d'autorité que de talent. - quicquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, Cic. Off. 1, 155: quels que soient les services que j'ai rendus à l'état. [st1]5 [-] apporter (une preuve, un exemple, une raison); alléguer, dire. - testimonium adferre: produire un témoignage. - argumentum adferre: apporter une preuve. - exemplum adferre: donner un exemple. - rationem adferre: donner une raison. - rationes, cur hoc ita sit, afferre, Cic. Fin. 5: expliquer pourquoi il en est ainsi. - ad ea quae dixi, adfer si quid habes, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4: en réponse à ce que je t'ai dit, donne-moi ce que tu sais. - aliquid (multa) adferre, cur (quamobrem): apporter un argument, beaucoup d'arguments pour prouver que. - quid adferre potest, quamobrem voluptas sit summum bonum? Cic. de Or. 3, 78: quel argument peut-il apporter pour prouver que le plaisir est le souverain bien? - cur credam, adferre possum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 70: je puis donner la raison de ma croyance. - quid adferri potest cur non casu id evenerit? Cic. Div. 2: comment peut-on prouver que cela n'est pas dû au hasard? - adfer, quem Fabiano possis praeponere, Sen. Ep. 100, 9: cite qui tu pourrais préférer à Fabianus. - avec quod, ce fait que: firmissimum hoc adferri videtur, cur deos esse credamus, quod... Cic. Tusc. 1, 30: la preuve la plus forte, à ce qu'il semble, qu'on produise pour justifier la croyance en l'existence des dieux, c'est que... - avec prop. inf.: adfers in extis cor non fuisse, Cic. Div. 2, 36: tu dis que dans les entrailles de la victime le coeur manquait. [st1]6 [-] apporter, occasionner; contribuer à, aider à. - delectationem, dolorem, luctum, metum, spem: apporter du plaisir, de la douleur, le deuil, la crainte, l'espoir. - adferre pacem, bellum, Cic. Phil. 6, 17: apporter la paix, la guerre. - cladem populo Romano, multas alicui lacrimas adferre, Cic. Nat. 2, 8: être la cause d'un désastre pour le peuple romain, de bien des larmes pour qqn. - videri proelium defugisse magnum detrimentum adferebat, Caes. BC. 1, 82, 2: paraître avoir esquivé la bataille causait un grand préjudice. - negat diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre, Cic. Fin. 2, 87: il prétend que la durée ne contribue en rien au bonheur de la vie. - hic numerus nihil adfert aliud nisi ut... Cic. Or. 170: ce rythme ne contribue à rien d'autre qu'à faire que... - quid loci natura adferre potest, ut... Cic. Fat. 8: quelle influence déterminante le climat peut-il avoir, pour faire que... ? [st1]7 [-] rapporter, produire, rendre. - agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt, Cic. Off. 1, 15: les terres fertiles qui produisent beaucoup plus de grain qu'on ne leur en a confié. - talis ager post longam desidiam laetas segetes affert, Col. 2: une telle terre, après un long repos, produit une abondante moisson. - plantae sinapis prima hieme translatae plus cymae vere adferunt, Col. 11: les pieds de sénevé, transplantés au commencement de l'hiver, produisent au printemps une cime plus développée. - au fig. magnum proventum poetarum annus hic attulit, Plin. Ep. 1, 13: cette année a produit une abondante moisson de poètes.* * *adfĕro (affĕro), ferre, attŭli (adtŭli), allātum (adlātum) - tr. - - inf. passif arch. adferrier, Plaut. Aul. 571. [st1]1 [-] apporter, porter à, porter vers. - candelabrum Romam adferre, Cic. Verr. 4, 64: apporter un candélabre à Rome. - Socrati orationem adferre, Cic. de Or. 1, 231: apporter un discours à Socrate. - scyphos ad praetorem adferre, Cic Verr. 4, 32: apporter des coupes au préteur. - tamquam vento adlatae naves, Liv. 44, 20, 7: vaisseaux pour ainsi dire apportés par le vent. - afferre se (afferri), Virg.: se rendre, se diriger, s'avancer. - afferre pedem, Cat.: se rendre, se diriger, s'avancer. - aliquid ad aliquem (alicui) adferre: apporter qqch à qqn. - adferre litteras ad aliquem (adferre litteras alicui), Cic.: apporter une lettre à qqn. - nimium raro nobis abs te litterae adferuntur, Cic. Att. 1, 9, 1: on m'apporte trop rarement des lettres de toi. - nuntium alicui adferre, Cic. Amer. 19: apporter une nouvelle à qqn. - adfertur ei de quarta nuntius, Cic. Phil. 13, 19: on lui apporte la nouvelle concernant la quatrième légion. - crebri ad eum rumores adferebantur, Caes. BG. 2, 1, 1: des bruits fréquents lui parvenaient. - ego jussero cadum unum vini veteris a me adferrier, Plaut. Aul. 571: je te ferai porter de chez moi un tonneau de vin vieux. [st1]2 [-] apporter une nouvelle, annoncer. - quietae res ex Volscis adferebantur, Liv. 6, 30, 7: on annonçait que les Volsques se tenaient tranquilles. - quicquid huc erit a Pompeio adlatum, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 5: toutes les nouvelles qu'on apportera ici de Pompée. - nuntiarunt caedem consulis adlatam aegre tulisse regem, Liv. 22, 37, 2: ils annoncèrent que le roi avait supporté avec peine la nouvelle de la mort du consul. - alii majorem adferentes tumultum nuntii occurrunt, Liv. 27, 33, 1: d'autres messagers se présentent à lui, apportant la nouvelle d'un trouble plus grand (plus alarmant). - cum mihi de Q. Hortensii morte esset adlatum, Cic. Br. 1: comme la nouvelle m'avait été apportée de la mort d'Hortensius. - adferre + prop. inf.: annoncer que, rapporter que. - ita Caelius ad illam adtulit se aurum quaerere, Cic. Cael. 53: Caelius lui annonça qu'il cherchait de l'or. - nuntii adferebant male rem gerere Darium, Nep. Milt. 3, 3: les messagers annonçaient que Darius n'était pas heureux dans son expédition. - novos hostes consilia cum veteribus jungere haud incertis auctoribus Romam est adlatum, Liv. 4, 45, 3: on annonça à Rome de source certaine que de nouveaux ennemis faisaient cause commune avec les anciens. - pro comperto adtulit Achmos statuisse progredi, Liv. 35, 29, 9: il annonça comme une nouvelle certaine que les Achéens avaient décidé de marcher de l'avant. - adferre ut + subj.: apporter l’ordre de. - ab Carthagine adlatum est ut Hasdrubal in Italiam exercitum duceret, Liv. 23, 27, 9: de Carthage l'ordre vint qu'Hasdrubal conduisît son armée en Italie. [st1]3 [-] porter sur, porter contre. - vim alicui adferre, Cic. Pomp. 39: faire violence à qqn. - manus alienis bonis adferre, Cic. Off. 2, 54: porter la main sur les biens d'autrui. - manus alicui adferre, Cic. Quinct. 85: se livrer à des actes de violence sur qqn. - beneficio suo manus adfert, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3: il enlève à son bienfait tout son prix. - adferre sibi manus, Cic.: se tuer de sa propre main. [st1]4 [-] apporter en plus; apporter à mettre à. - ita ut, quantum tuis operibus diuturnitas detrahet, tantum adferat laudibus, Cic. Marc. 12: en sorte que, tout ce que le temps enlèvera à ton oeuvre, il l'ajoutera à ta gloire. - adferre non minus ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis, Cic. Mur. 4: apporter à sa plaidoirie non moins d'autorité que de talent. - quicquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, Cic. Off. 1, 155: quels que soient les services que j'ai rendus à l'état. [st1]5 [-] apporter (une preuve, un exemple, une raison); alléguer, dire. - testimonium adferre: produire un témoignage. - argumentum adferre: apporter une preuve. - exemplum adferre: donner un exemple. - rationem adferre: donner une raison. - rationes, cur hoc ita sit, afferre, Cic. Fin. 5: expliquer pourquoi il en est ainsi. - ad ea quae dixi, adfer si quid habes, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4: en réponse à ce que je t'ai dit, donne-moi ce que tu sais. - aliquid (multa) adferre, cur (quamobrem): apporter un argument, beaucoup d'arguments pour prouver que. - quid adferre potest, quamobrem voluptas sit summum bonum? Cic. de Or. 3, 78: quel argument peut-il apporter pour prouver que le plaisir est le souverain bien? - cur credam, adferre possum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 70: je puis donner la raison de ma croyance. - quid adferri potest cur non casu id evenerit? Cic. Div. 2: comment peut-on prouver que cela n'est pas dû au hasard? - adfer, quem Fabiano possis praeponere, Sen. Ep. 100, 9: cite qui tu pourrais préférer à Fabianus. - avec quod, ce fait que: firmissimum hoc adferri videtur, cur deos esse credamus, quod... Cic. Tusc. 1, 30: la preuve la plus forte, à ce qu'il semble, qu'on produise pour justifier la croyance en l'existence des dieux, c'est que... - avec prop. inf.: adfers in extis cor non fuisse, Cic. Div. 2, 36: tu dis que dans les entrailles de la victime le coeur manquait. [st1]6 [-] apporter, occasionner; contribuer à, aider à. - delectationem, dolorem, luctum, metum, spem: apporter du plaisir, de la douleur, le deuil, la crainte, l'espoir. - adferre pacem, bellum, Cic. Phil. 6, 17: apporter la paix, la guerre. - cladem populo Romano, multas alicui lacrimas adferre, Cic. Nat. 2, 8: être la cause d'un désastre pour le peuple romain, de bien des larmes pour qqn. - videri proelium defugisse magnum detrimentum adferebat, Caes. BC. 1, 82, 2: paraître avoir esquivé la bataille causait un grand préjudice. - negat diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre, Cic. Fin. 2, 87: il prétend que la durée ne contribue en rien au bonheur de la vie. - hic numerus nihil adfert aliud nisi ut... Cic. Or. 170: ce rythme ne contribue à rien d'autre qu'à faire que... - quid loci natura adferre potest, ut... Cic. Fat. 8: quelle influence déterminante le climat peut-il avoir, pour faire que... ? [st1]7 [-] rapporter, produire, rendre. - agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt, Cic. Off. 1, 15: les terres fertiles qui produisent beaucoup plus de grain qu'on ne leur en a confié. - talis ager post longam desidiam laetas segetes affert, Col. 2: une telle terre, après un long repos, produit une abondante moisson. - plantae sinapis prima hieme translatae plus cymae vere adferunt, Col. 11: les pieds de sénevé, transplantés au commencement de l'hiver, produisent au printemps une cime plus développée. - au fig. magnum proventum poetarum annus hic attulit, Plin. Ep. 1, 13: cette année a produit une abondante moisson de poètes.* * *Affero, pen. corr. affers, attuli, pen. cor. allatum, pen. prod. afferre. Apporter.\Afferre ad os cibum manu. Plin. Porter la viande au bec, Appasteler.\Afferre se aliquo. Virgil. S'approcher, ou Venir en quelque lieu.\Quod ab ipso allatum est, sibi esse id relatum putet. Terent. On luy a faict de tel pain soupe.\Negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate viuendum aliquid afferre. Ci. Proficter, ou servir de quelque chose.\Nihil afferunt quo iucundius viuamus. Cic. Ne nous aident en rien pour vivre plus joyeusement.\Afferre aliquid ad remp. Cic. Aider, Proficter quelque chose au commun.\Afferre aliquid ad communem fructum. Cic. Aider, et porter aucun profict aux hommes.\Afferre, pro eo quod est nuntiare. Cic. Attulerunt, Caesarem iter habere Capuam. Ils ont apporté les nouvelles que Cesar, etc.\Afferre ad aliquem. Cic. Rapporter et dire à aucun.\Nihil afferunt, qui in re gerendaversari senectutem negant. Cic. Ils ne dient ou alleguent rien à propos, Ils n'ont raisons qui vaillent.\An aetatem afferret? Cic. S'excusera il sur l'aage? Alleguera il l'aage pour excuse?\Ad ea quae dixi affer, siquid habes. Cic. Apporte, Ameine, Allegue quelque chose à l'encontre de ce que j'ay dict.\Afferre crimen in iudicium. Cic. Proposer un cas de crime à l'encontre de quelcun.\Afferre ad defensionem. Cic. Alleguer pour sa defense.\Communes vtilitates in medium afferre. Cic. Communiquer, Mettre en commun.\Afferre accessionem. Cic. Accroistre et augmenter.\Adiumentum alicui ad aliquam rem. Cic. L'aider à faire quelque chose.\AEs alienum attulit mihi haec res. Cic. M'a endebté.\Amaritudinem. Plin. Faire amer.\Animum vacuum ad scribendum. Cic. Avoir l'esprit delivre quand on se met à escrire.\Animum alicui. Cic. Donner courage, L'encourager.\Argumentum afferunt, quod, etc. Plin. Ils le prouvent par ceste raison, que, etc.\Authoritatem. Plin. Cic. Donner reputation et authorité, Faire qu'on soit plus estimé.\Calamitatem et cladem. Cic. Apporter dommage irreparable.\Causam. Terent. Alleguer raison pourquoy.\Causam. Cic. Bailler occasion.\Causam mortis. Cic. Donner occasion de mort.\Causam quoniam. Plin. Causam afferentes, quoniam in Thessalia, etc. Disants que c'estoit pour cause et raison que, etc.\Quum attulisset nullam causam quae istam, etc. Cic. Veu qu'il ne scavoit dire cause vallable qui, etc.\Commutationem voluntatis. Cic. Faire changer de volunte.\Compertum. Liu. Rapporter pour certain, Apporter certaines nouvelles.\Confidentiam. Caelius ad Cic. Donner hardiesse et asseurance.\Coniecturam. Cic. Donner quelque enseigne et argument, Donner conjecture.\Consecutionem voluptatis. Cic. Donner jouyssance de volupté.\Consilium alicui. Cic. Donner conseil.\Consolationem alicui malo. Cic. Donner confort en quelque adversité.\Constantiam. Cic. Donner constance.\Consuetudinem seruiendi liberae ciuitati. Cic. L'accoustumer à son obeissance.\Contemptionem ad omnes. Caesar. Faire mespriser de touts, et qu'on n'en tienne compte.\Crimen falsum alicui. Cic. Imposer crime à aucun.\Cumulum aliquem artibus aliorum. Cic. Donner quelque accroissement.\Curam. Cic. Donner soulci, Mettre en soulci.\Delectationem. Cic. Donner plaisir.\Dentes in dominum. Varro. Mordre son maistre.\Desperationem. Caesar. Mettre en desespoir.\Detrimentum. Caesar. Cic. Porter dommage.\Difficultatem alicui rei vel homini. Cic. Rendre une chose malaisee à faire, Donner empeschement.\Dolorem capitis. Plin. Causer, ou faire douleur de teste.\Dubitationem. Cic. Mettre en doubte.\Egestatem alicui. Cic. Mettre en povreté.\Errorem animis. Cic. Faire errer.\Excusationem. Cic. Alleguer excusation.\Exemplum. Plin. Alleguer exemple.\Exilium. Cic. Causer bannissement, Estre cause de bannissement.\Expectationem. Quintil. Mettre en attente.\Facultatem. Cic. Apporter commodité.\Affertur fama. Liu. On apporte nouvelles, On fait courir le bruit, Le bruit est.\Neque vlla de eius reditu fama ferebatur. Caesar. Il n'en estoit aucun bruit, On n'en parloit aucunnement.\Fastidium alicui. Cic. Apporter desgoustement, Desgouster.\Fastidia cibo affert haec res. Colum. Elle desgouste.\Fidem alicui rei. Liuius. Faire foy de quelque chose, Faire croire quelque chose.\Fiduciam. Caesar. Donner asseurance.\Finem tributorum. Cic. Mettre fin.\Florem afferre dicuntur arbores. Colum. Porter fleur.\Hilaritatem, vel iucunditatem, aut laetitiam. Pli. Cic. Mettre en joye, Resjouir.\Honorem. Plin. Faire ou porter honneur.\Iacturam. Colum. Porter dommage, ou perte.\Incrementum. Cic. Donner accroissement.\Inertiam alicui. Cic. Faire paresseux et nonchalant.\Initium morbi. Celsus. Causer le commencement de la maladie.\Interitum. Cic. Apporter la mort et destruction ou ruine.\Laborem. Cic. Donner peine et travail.\Lachrymas alicui. Cic. Luy apporter grand dueil.\Laetitiam alicui. Cic. Le resjouir.\Languorem alicui. Cic. Le faire paresseux et nonchalant.\Laudem alicui. Cic. Apporter loz ou louange.\Leuationem. Cic. Donner allegeance.\Literas. Cic. Apporter lettres à aucun.\Luctum alicui. Cic. Causer, ou Apporter dueil.\Manus alicui. Cic. Mettre la main sur luy, Le battre.\Manus sibi. Plancus ad Ciceronem. Se deffaire soymesme, Se tuer.\Manus bonis alienis. Cic. Prendre, Ravir les biens d'autruy.\Manus vulneribus. Cic. Renouveler les douleurs.\Medicinam. Cic. Porter medecine.\Memoriam. Cic. Faire souvenir.\Metum alicui. Cic. Faire paour.\Molestiam. Cic. Faire, ou Donner ennuy et fascherie.\Moram alicui rei. Cic. Empescher et retarder.\Morbum alicui. Plaut. Faire malade.\Mortem vno ictu. Cic. Tuer tout d'un coup.\Motum animis. Cic. Esmouvoir les cueurs.\Munus Reip. Cic. Faire un bien et profict à la republique.\Necessitatem. Cic. Contraindre.\Neruos et industriam. Cic. Employer sa force et son esprit, ou son industrie.\Necem. Plin. Faire mourir. Vide NEX.\Nuntium. Cic. Apporter nouvelle.\Obliuionem tristitiae. Plin. Faire oublier.\Obscuritatem orationi. Cic. Obscurcir.\Odium. Plin. Faire hair, Engendrer haine.\Odium quod in ipsum attulerant. Cic. La haine dont ils estoyent venuz garnis à l'encontre de luy.\Odium maius affert mihi haec res, quam etc. Cela me desplaist plus, ou Me porte plus d'ennuy et de desplaisir, que etc.\Offensionem. Cic. Faire desplaisir, Offenser.\Magnam haec res illis offensionem ad omnes attulit. Caesar. Cela les mist fort en la malegrace de touts.\Opem alicui. Terent. Aider.\Opinionem populo. Cic. Mettre les gents en opinion.\Pacem animis. Cic. Mettre en repos d'esprit.\Pacem ad aliquam. Plaut. Apporter paix.\Pauorem. Plin. Faire paour, Donner crainte.\Pedem. Catul. Venir.\Periculum. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Mettre en danger.\Perniciem. Cic. Porter dommage, ou malencontre.\Perturbationem rerum. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Mettre en trouble et desarroy.\Pestem. Cic. Apporter grand'malencontre.\Pestilentiam. Plin. Amener la peste.\Pondus. Cic. Permagnum pondus affert beneuolentia erga illum. L'amor qu'il ha envers luy fait beaucoup, Cela y aide fort.\Quaestionem. Cic. Quaestionem attulerunt poetae, quidnam esset illud, etc. Ont mis en doubte, Ont doubté, Ont demandé.\Rationem quoniam, et Rationes cur. Plin. Donner, ou Alleguer raison, Prouver par raison.\Religionem afferre alicui. Cic. Mettre quelcun en scrupule de conscience.\Repulsam attulit haec res. Cic. Cela a esté cause que j'ay esté refusé et esconduict.\Requiem. Ouid. Donner, ou apporter repos.\Affertur rumoribus spes. Cic. Le commun bruit donne esperance.\Afferuntur rumores ad eum. Caesar. On luy rapporte.\Salutem. Caesar. Cic. Sauver.\Satietatem. Cic. Saouler.\Scientiam. Cic. Affert vetustas incredibilem scientiam. Apporte et donne congnoissance si grande, qu'on ne scauroit croire.\Seditiones. Cic. Mettre en dissention.\Sententiam. Cic. Dire son opinion.\Solicitudinem affert haec res. Plancus ad Ciceronem. Engendre un soulci.\Solatium. Cic. Donner soulas.\Somnum. Cic. quod et somnum inducere, et Conciliare somnum dicitur. Faire dormir.\Spem. Cic. Donner esperance.\Splendorem voci. Plin. Esclarcir la voix, Faire la voix clere et nette.\Sumptum alicui. Cic. Faire coustange à un autre.\Suppetias. Plaut. Donner secours.\Suspicionem. Cic. Donner souspecon.\Tabem gregi. Colum. Faire devenir en chartre et seicher.\Taedium. Liu. Fascher, Ennuyer, Attedier.\Terrorem. Id est Terrere. Liuius. Espovanter, Faire paour, et frayeur.\Terrores ad aliquem. Cic. Rapporter choses qui sont à craindre, et qui font paour.\Testimonium. Caesar. Prouver, Bailler preuve.\Torporem. Plin. Faire appesantir et eslourdir.\Vim. Cic. Faire violence.\Vim afferre virgini. Cic. Violer, Prendre par force.\Vim vitae et corpori. Cic. Se tuer.\Vim et celeritatem afferre. Cic. Donner force et vistesse.\Vim in docendo. Cic. Contraindre à croire.\Afferre vim, pro Cogere. Cic. Contraindre, Forcer.\Affert aliam vitam haec dies. Terent. Requiert tresestroictement.\Vtilitatem aliquam. Quintil. Apporter quelque profict.\Affertur, Impersonale. Liu. Les nouvelles sont venues que, etc. -
11 culpa
culpa (altlat. colpa), ae, f., das Verschulden, die Verschuldung, die Schuld, I) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: a) übh. (Ggstz. laus): c. belli, Liv.: c. delicti, Cic.: c. neglegentiae, Q. Cic. – correctio huius culpae, Cic.: liberatio culpae, Cic.: satisfactio culpae, Quint. – nulla conscientia de culpa, Sall. Cat. 35, 2. – affinis culpae, Cic.: sibi nullius conscius culpae, Plin. ep.; vgl. istius nescius culpae, Verg.: expers culpae, Suet.: a culpa vacuus, Sall.: culpae reus, Cic. – c. aliena, Cic.: magna, maxima, Cic.: minor, Cic.: turpis, Cic. – Abl. culpā, durch (eigenes) V., zB. nihil mihi mali casus attulit; omnia culpā contracta sunt, Cic.: nusquam culpā male rem gessit, Nep.: culpā amittere alqd, Liv.: ebenso meā culpā, tuā culpā, suā culpā u. dgl., zB. non meā culpā saepe ad vos oratum mitto, es ist nicht meine Sch., daß ich usw., Sall.: magis adeo id facilitate, quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit, Cic.: nemo, nisi suā culpā, diu dolet, Quint.: summā meā culpā, Cic. – culpā alcis, zB. accusatorum culpā, Val. Max.: nullā ducis culpā, Tac.: bes. oft accĭdit alqd culpā alcis, operā et culpā alcis, culpā senectutis, Cic.: ea molestissime ferre homines debent, quae ipsorum culpā contracta sunt, Cic. – abesse a culpa, sowohl v. Pers., zB. innocens est quispiam, verum tamen, quamquam abest a culpa, suspicione tamen non caret, Cic.; als v. Lebl., ferre fortunam praesertim quae absit a culpa, Cic. – abest culpa ab alqo od. ab alqa re, zB. a filio, Quint.: quicquid accĭderit, a quo mea culpa absit, animo forti feram, Cic. – non abhorrere a tali culpa (v. Pers.), Cic.: absolvere alqm culpā niveis lapillis (Ggstz. damnare nigris), Ov. – accusare populi culpam, non accusatoris, Cic. – admittere in se culpam, Ter.: enixe amovere ab se culpam, Liv.: arguere alqm culpae (Ggstz. liberare culpae), Liv.: ea culpa, quam arguo, Liv.: assignare culpae alcis imprudentiaeque, quod (daß) etc., Cic.: assignare culpae fortunam (zur persönl. Sch. anrechnen) Auct. b. Afr.: uni culpam attribuere, Cic.: augere culpam, culpam alcis rei, Cic., culpam suam, Plin. ep.: avertere omnem culpam in fraudem Carthaginiensium, Liv. – carere culpā, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: coarguere suam culpam, Cic.: commereri culpam, Plaut.: commerere culpam, Ter., culpam in se, Plaut.: committere culpam, Cic.: communicare culpam suam cum altero, Cic. – conferre culpam suam in senectutem, Cic., culpam omnem in Domitium, Cic., in me omnem illorum temporum culpam, Cic., huius circumsessionis tuae causam et culpam in alios, Cic.: ut in eo ipso, in quo reprehendatur, culpam in adversarium conferat, Cic. – in quo non modo culpa nulla, sed ne suspicio quidem potuit consistere (Platz greifen), Cic.: cum in homine nulla culpa inveniretur, Cic. – culpā contaminare personam (seinen Charakter), Cornif. rhet.: contrahere culpam (v. Pers.), Cic.: fortunam in culpam convertere, jmdm. sein Schicksal als Schuld beimessen, Cic.: corrigere virtute culpam suam, Liv. – dare alci summam laudem vitio et culpae, Cic.: dare veniam culpae, Ov.: demovere culpam ab aliis, Cic.: derivare culpam suam in alqm, Cic. – non potes effugere huius culpae poenam, Cic. – est culpa mea, tua etc., est culpa alcis, zB. sed haec mea culpa est, Cic.: tua summa culpa est, si etc., du bist am meisten schuld, Cic.: tua tamen non nulla culpa est, Cic.: nostra nulla culpa est, Cic.: de reliquo iam nostra culpa erit, si etc., Cic.: multorum est enim et varia culpa, Cic.: hominum esse istam culpam, non deorum, Cic. – est culpa in alqo od. in alqa re, zB. ego culpam non in nauarchis, sed in te fuisse demonstro, Cic.: illa modo in ducibus culpa, quod ut odio essent civibus fecerant, alia omnis penes milites noxia erat, Liv.: in hominum vitiis ais esse culpam, Cic.: dav. verschieden scit culpam in facto, non scelus esse meo, Ov. trist. 4, 1, 24. – est culpa penes alqm, zB. ego etiam illorum esse hanc culpam credidi, quae te est penes, Ter.: ne penes ipsos culpa esset cladis forte Gallico bello acceptae, Liv.: si vicarii dati, penes eos culpa est, qui etc., Traian. in Plin. ep. – esse in culpa, v. Pers.u. Lebl., zB. nos in culpa sumus, Cic.: simili sunt in culpa, qui etc., Cic.: medicus magna est in culpa, si etc., Cic.: malo Tironis verecundiam in culpa esse, quam illiberalitatem Curii, Cic.: Ggstz. extra culpam esse, zB. dico aut omnes extra culpam fuisse, aut, si uni culpa attribuenda sit, in eo maximam fuisse, qui summum imperium obtineret, aut, si omnes in culpa fuerint, oportuisse etc., Cic.: extra culpam belli esse, Liv. – excludere culpam, unmöglich machen, zB. eam dedisses hominibus rationem, quae vitia culpamque excluderet, Cic. – fateri culpam suam, Quint. – haeret omnis culpa sola in alqo, Ter.: haeret in alqo culpa crimenque, Cic. – ignoscere culpae minori, Petron.: incĭdere in hoc culpae genus non fraude, Cic.: inclinare omnem culpam in collegam, Liv.: invenire alqm in culpa, Ter. – liberare alqm culpā, Cic.: liberare alqm culpae (Ggstz. arguere alqm culpae), Liv.: luere culpam maiorum (von den Nachkommen), Curt.: sanguine liberûm suorum culpam defectionis luere, Liv.-merere culpam in alqa re, Ter., od. alqā re, zB. prave quid imperando, Mela: videndum est an minui culpa possit, Quint. – piare miserorum morte culpam hanc, Verg.: plectere culpam, Cic.: ponere se extra omnem culpam causamque, Cic.: non omnes, qui Oppianicum condemnarunt, in culpa sunt ac suspicione ponendi, als Schuld habend u. verdächtig anzusehen, Cic.: praestare culpam, für die Sch. Bürgschaft leisten, Cic.: purgare (rechtfertigen) culpam, Liv. – redimere praeteritam culpam, ausgleichen, gut machen, Planc. in Cic. ep. (vgl. redimere nullam congiario culpam, nullam alimentis crudelitatem, Plin. pan.): regerere communem culpam in alqm, Plin. ep.: remittere culpam, Val. Flacc.: a se removere culpam, Liv.: remotum esse a culpa (v. Pers.), Cic.: reprehendere alcis culpam, Cic.: residet culpa alcis rei in alqo, Cic. – subest nulla culpa, Cic. fr.: suscipere culpam, culpam alcis rei, aliquid culpae recusando, Cic.: in se suscipere istius culpam crimenque, Cic.: sustinere culpam alcis rei, die Sch. von etw. tragen, v. Pers., Cic.; u. v. Lebl., zB. horum malorum omnium culpam fortuna sustinet, Cic.; u. (v. Pers.) m. folg. quod (daß usw.), ut iam ne istius quidem rei culpam sustineam, quod minus diu fuerim in provincia, quam fortasse fuerit utile, Cic. – teneri aliquā culpā erroris humani, Cic.: transferre culpam (omnem culpam) in alios od. in se, Cic.: transferre suam culpam ad negotia, Sall.: tribuere alqd culpae alcis, Cornif. rhet., Caes. u.a. – vacare culpā, omni culpā (v. Pers.), Cic.: vacare culpā in alqa re (v. Pers.), Cic.: versari in simili culpa (v. Pers.), Cic.: vertere culpam alcis rei in gloriam alqā re, Plin. ep.: vitare culpam, Hor. – im Plur., ut hoc iam ante confirmem, in hoc uno genere omnes inesse culpas istius maximas avaritiae, maiestatis, dementiae, libidinis, crudelitatis, Cic. Verr., 5, 42: seraque fata, quae manent culpas etiam sub Orco, Hor. carm. 3, 22, 29: u. so Plur. noch Hor. carm. 4, 4, 36; 4, 15, 11. Vitr. 3, 1, 4. Apul. de dogm. Plat. 2, 27. Arnob. 1, 27 u.a. Auson. lud. sept. sap. praef. 14 u.a. – b) insbes.: α) die Schuld der Unkeuschheit, der Fall, culpa inter viros ac feminas vulgata, Tac.: celare culpam falsa sub imagine, Ov. – β) die Schuld der Nachlässigkeit, die Nachlässigkeit, die man verschuldet, si neque maiorem feci ratione malā rem, nec sum facturus vitio culpāve (durch Verschwendung oder N.) minorem, Hor. sat. 2, 6, 6 sq.: u. so Gaius dig. 17, 2, 72. Ulp. dig. 42, 5, 8. § 3. – 2) meton., die Schuld = der schuldige Gegenstand, continuo culpam (die Ursache der Seuche, das kranke Schaf) ferro compesce, Verg. georg. 3, 468. – II) übtr., das Gebrechen einer Sache (Ggstz. laus, Vollkommenheit), operum et laudes et culpae, Vitr. 3, 1, 4.
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12 infitior
īn-fitior, ātus sum, ārī (in u. fateor), etw. in Abrede stellen, leugnen (ableugnen, verleugnen), von etw. nichts wissen wollen, etw. nicht anerkennen (Ggstz. confiteri), m. vorhergeh. Negation auch = etw. kein Hehl haben, anerkennen, a) eine Tatsache: α) m. Acc.: crimen, Cic.: rem manifestam, Plin. ep.: facinus, Curt.: cum id posset infitiari, repente praeter opinionem confessus est, Cic.: mori malle falsum fatendo quam verum infitiando dolere, Cic.: fama factis infitianda tuis, Ov.: progenies haud infitianda parenti, Ov.: Varro Sophocleo non infitiande cothurno, Mart.: m. dopp. Acc., nos amicos, uns als Fr. verl., Ov. ex Pont. 1, 7, 27. – β) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. od. m. bl. Infin.: tanto magis infitiandum totum posse extra corpus durare genique, Lucr.: m. vorherg. Negation, neque ego in hoc me hominem esse infitiabor umquam, Cic.: ne possis infitiari (te) dixisse, quae dixeris, Curt.: non est infitiandum Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto etc., Nep.: neque infitiari possent aut iudicio semel aut comitiis bis ab se peccatum esse, Liv.: in der Frage, an ego poteram infitiari me esse hominem et communem naturae sensum repudiare? Cic.: num infitiari potes te illo die meis praesidiis, meā diligentiā circumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse? Cic. – γ) passiv, non infitiari potest m. folg. quin u. Konj., neque item infitiari posse, quin alia causa in praemio sit, alia in poenis, Gell. 6 (7), 3, 40. – δ) absol.: earum rerum nullam sibi iste neque infitiandi rationem neque defendendi facultatem reliquit, Cic.: cui (statui) ab infitiando nomen dederunt, Quint. – b) ableugnen, Empfangenes od. Versprochenes, bes. vor Gericht, depositum inf., ICt.: depositum non inf., Iuven.: praedas, quas promiserat, wegen der (den Soldaten) versprochenen Beuteverteilung Ausflüchte machen, von der versp. B. nichts wissen wollen, Flor. – absol., qui petebat (Kläger) et qui infitiabatur (Ausflüchte machender Schuldner), Varro LL.: quid si infitiatur? quid si omnino non debet? Cic.: quae autem accusantium ac defendentium, eadem petentium et infitiantium ratio est, Quint. – c) absprechen, verweigern, passiv, Floro legatum ex testamento infitiatum esse, Cic. Cluent. 162: Capitolia nostrae infitiata lyrae, Stet. silv. 3, 5, 32.
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13 relinquo
re-linquo, līquī, lictum, ere, I) zurücklassen = nicht mitnehmen, A) im allg.: a) eig.: alterum avexit secum, illum reliquit alterum apud matrem domi, Plaut.: ipse abiit, me reliquit pro atriensi in sedibus, Plaut.: abeuntes ambo senes me filiis relinquunt quasi magistrum, Ter.: rel. alqm in Gallia, Caes.: equos, Caes.: copias praesidio castris, Caes.: prae metu obliti, quid relinquerent, quid secum ferrent, Liv. – sub sinistra Britanniam relictam conspexit, Caes.: u. im Passiv, naves ab aestu relictae, von der Ebbe überrascht, Caes.: relinqui paulatim solem cum posterioribus signis, zurückbleiben, Lucr. – b) übtr.: α) übh., zurücklassen, hinterlassen, excusationem, Cic.: aculeos in animo alcis, Cic. – β) im Range, zurücklassen, omnes in omni genere eloquentiae procul a se, Quint. – B) insbes.: 1) durch den Tob zurücklassen, hinterlassen, a) eig.: filiam, Ter.: uxorem gravidam, Liv.: alqm heredem testamento, Cic.: alci haec quae habet omnia, Ter.: orationes, Cic.: scripta posteris, Quint.: scriptum in Originibus, Cic.: ficta, Ov. – b) bildl.: sibi hanc laudem, Ter.: memoriam, Cic.: nomen, Hor. – 2) übriglassen, überlassen, verstatten, a) eig.: nec vas nec vestimentum, Ter.: alci non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleas quidem ex omni fructu, Cic.: equitatus partem alci, Caes.: pauca aratro iugera, Hor.: haec porcis comedenda, Hor.: habitanda fana apris, Hor.: relinquebatur una per Sequanos via, blieb übrig, Caes.: qui nisi huc redit, paucorum mensum relictae sunt reliquiae, so ist für wenige Monate noch Unterhalt übrig, Plaut.: Partiz. subst., relictum, ī, n., das Übrige, der Rest, Ps. Ov. de nuc. 99. – b) bildl.: populari rei publicae laudem, Cic.: spes relinquitur, bleibt übrig, Cic. u. Caes.: nullā provocatione ad populum relictā, Cic.: quis relictus est obiurgandi locus? Ter.: nullum sibi ad cognoscendum spatium, Caes.: relinque aliquantum orationis, cras quod mecum litiges, Plaut.: munitioni castrorum tempus relinqui volebat, Caes.: alqm poenae, Ov. u. Plin. ep.: urbem direptioni et incendiis, Cic.: alqd in aliorum spe relinquere, Cic.: alqd ne in opinione quidem cuiusquam relinquere, Cic.: m. folg. Infin., Lucr., Hor. u.a.: m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Lucr. – insbes., nihil relinquitur, nisi fuga, es bleibt nichts übrig, Attic. b. Cic.: relinquitur m. folg. ut u. Konj., Cic. u. Caes. – 3) etw. in einem gewissen Zustande zurücklassen, liegen lassen, lassen, a) eig.: alqm insepultum, Cic.: alqm exsanguem naso auribusque mutilatis, Liv.: tabellas vacuas, Quint. – b) bildl.: eum locum integrum, Ter.: rem integram, Cic.: alqos incorruptos, Sall.: agros intactos, Iustin.: conclave apertum, offen lassen, Gran. Licin.: alqd inchoatum, Cic.: alqd neglectum, Cic.: id iniudicatum relinquo, lasse ich unentschieden, Quint.: solā incolumi relictā inscriptione, Amm.: sine imperio tantas copias, Caes.: alqd in medio, Cic. u. Quint. – sed ipse divus Iulius, ipse divus Augustus et tulere ista et reliquere (ließen bestehen), Tac. – II) übh., verlassen, von jmd. od. etwas sich trennen, A) im allg.: a) eig.: nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. b. Gell.: domum propinquosque, Caes.: Ilio relicto, Hor.: Roma relinquenda est, Ov.: volucres ova relinquebant, Lucr. – b) bildl.: me somnus reliquit, Enn.: alqm febris relinquit, Spart. u. Vulg.: quartana alqm relinquit, Hor., a quartana alqs relinquitur, Cic.: quem vita reliquit, Lucr.: animam, Ter.: vitam, Verg.: relinquit alqm animus (die Besinnung), Caes.: tum ab omni honestate relictus, entblößt, Cic. – B) prägn., jmd. od. etwas fahren lassen, im Stiche lassen, verlassen, 1) eig.: alqm, Plaut. u. Ter.: so vom Verlassen der Geliebten, Plaut., Prop., Tibull. u. Ov.: equos, Caes.: id argentum, Plaut.: signa, desertieren, Liv.: relicta non bene parmula, Hor. – 2) übtr.: a) übh., fahren lassen, aufgeben, unterlassen, hingehen lassen, vernachlässigen, hintansetzen, außer acht lassen, rem et causam et utilitatem communem, Cic.: alias res, Plaut.: relictis rebus, mit Hintansetzung aller meiner Geschäfte, Komik.: u. so omnibus relictis rebus, Plaut., od. relictis rebus omnibus, Cic., od. omnibus rebus relictis, Caes.: omnia, Cic.: agrorum et armorum cultum, Cic.: agrum alternis annis, brach liegen lassen, Varro.: relictae possessiones, aufgegebenes Land (weil nicht zu kultivieren), Cic.: bellum, Cic.: Mutinae obsessionem, As. Poll. b. Cic.: obsidionem, Liv. – mit folg. Infin., mirari multa relinquas, unterlassest, Lucr. 6, 654. – b) insbes.: α) unbeachtet lassen, αα) = mit Absicht unerwähnt lassen, hoc loco Domitium non relinquo, Cic.: caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo, Cic.: hoc certe quod sum dicturus neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est, Cic. Vgl. Bonnell Cic. de off. 3, 9. Halm Cic. Cat. 3, 18. – ββ) = unbearbeitet lassen (Ggstz. elaborare in alqa re), artem inveniendi totam, Cic. top. 6. – β) ungerügt-, ungerächt hingehen lassen, iniurias suas, Cic.: vim hominibus armatis factam, Cic. Vgl. Jordan Cic. Caecin. 9. p. 158. Benecke Cic. de imp. Pomp. 11. p. 116 sq. – γ) in Ruhe lassen, non illum puto in domo canem reliquisse, Petron. 43, 8. – / arch. relinquont, Ter. Phorm. 72 u. Hec. 461. Cic. Verr. 5, 127 M.
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14 culpa
culpa (altlat. colpa), ae, f., das Verschulden, die Verschuldung, die Schuld, I) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: a) übh. (Ggstz. laus): c. belli, Liv.: c. delicti, Cic.: c. neglegentiae, Q. Cic. – correctio huius culpae, Cic.: liberatio culpae, Cic.: satisfactio culpae, Quint. – nulla conscientia de culpa, Sall. Cat. 35, 2. – affinis culpae, Cic.: sibi nullius conscius culpae, Plin. ep.; vgl. istius nescius culpae, Verg.: expers culpae, Suet.: a culpa vacuus, Sall.: culpae reus, Cic. – c. aliena, Cic.: magna, maxima, Cic.: minor, Cic.: turpis, Cic. – Abl. culpā, durch (eigenes) V., zB. nihil mihi mali casus attulit; omnia culpā contracta sunt, Cic.: nusquam culpā male rem gessit, Nep.: culpā amittere alqd, Liv.: ebenso meā culpā, tuā culpā, suā culpā u. dgl., zB. non meā culpā saepe ad vos oratum mitto, es ist nicht meine Sch., daß ich usw., Sall.: magis adeo id facilitate, quam aliā ullā culpā meā contigit, Cic.: nemo, nisi suā culpā, diu dolet, Quint.: summā meā culpā, Cic. – culpā alcis, zB. accusatorum culpā, Val. Max.: nullā ducis culpā, Tac.: bes. oft accĭdit alqd culpā alcis, operā et culpā alcis, culpā senectutis, Cic.: ea molestissime ferre homines debent, quae ipsorum culpā contracta sunt, Cic. – abesse a culpa, sowohl v. Pers., zB. innocens est quispiam, verum tamen, quamquam abest a culpa, suspicione tamen non caret, Cic.; als v. Lebl., ferre fortunam praesertim————quae absit a culpa, Cic. – abest culpa ab alqo od. ab alqa re, zB. a filio, Quint.: quicquid accĭderit, a quo mea culpa absit, animo forti feram, Cic. – non abhorrere a tali culpa (v. Pers.), Cic.: absolvere alqm culpā niveis lapillis (Ggstz. damnare nigris), Ov. – accusare populi culpam, non accusatoris, Cic. – admittere in se culpam, Ter.: enixe amovere ab se culpam, Liv.: arguere alqm culpae (Ggstz. liberare culpae), Liv.: ea culpa, quam arguo, Liv.: assignare culpae alcis imprudentiaeque, quod (daß) etc., Cic.: assignare culpae fortunam (zur persönl. Sch. anrechnen) Auct. b. Afr.: uni culpam attribuere, Cic.: augere culpam, culpam alcis rei, Cic., culpam suam, Plin. ep.: avertere omnem culpam in fraudem Carthaginiensium, Liv. – carere culpā, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: coarguere suam culpam, Cic.: commereri culpam, Plaut.: commerere culpam, Ter., culpam in se, Plaut.: committere culpam, Cic.: communicare culpam suam cum altero, Cic. – conferre culpam suam in senectutem, Cic., culpam omnem in Domitium, Cic., in me omnem illorum temporum culpam, Cic., huius circumsessionis tuae causam et culpam in alios, Cic.: ut in eo ipso, in quo reprehendatur, culpam in adversarium conferat, Cic. – in quo non modo culpa nulla, sed ne suspicio quidem potuit consistere (Platz greifen), Cic.: cum in homine nulla culpa inveniretur, Cic. – culpā contaminare personam (seinen Charakter), Cornif. rhet.: contrahere————culpam (v. Pers.), Cic.: fortunam in culpam convertere, jmdm. sein Schicksal als Schuld beimessen, Cic.: corrigere virtute culpam suam, Liv. – dare alci summam laudem vitio et culpae, Cic.: dare veniam culpae, Ov.: demovere culpam ab aliis, Cic.: derivare culpam suam in alqm, Cic. – non potes effugere huius culpae poenam, Cic. – est culpa mea, tua etc., est culpa alcis, zB. sed haec mea culpa est, Cic.: tua summa culpa est, si etc., du bist am meisten schuld, Cic.: tua tamen non nulla culpa est, Cic.: nostra nulla culpa est, Cic.: de reliquo iam nostra culpa erit, si etc., Cic.: multorum est enim et varia culpa, Cic.: hominum esse istam culpam, non deorum, Cic. – est culpa in alqo od. in alqa re, zB. ego culpam non in nauarchis, sed in te fuisse demonstro, Cic.: illa modo in ducibus culpa, quod ut odio essent civibus fecerant, alia omnis penes milites noxia erat, Liv.: in hominum vitiis ais esse culpam, Cic.: dav. verschieden scit culpam in facto, non scelus esse meo, Ov. trist. 4, 1, 24. – est culpa penes alqm, zB. ego etiam illorum esse hanc culpam credidi, quae te est penes, Ter.: ne penes ipsos culpa esset cladis forte Gallico bello acceptae, Liv.: si vicarii dati, penes eos culpa est, qui etc., Traian. in Plin. ep. – esse in culpa, v. Pers.u. Lebl., zB. nos in culpa sumus, Cic.: simili sunt in culpa, qui etc., Cic.: medicus magna est in culpa, si etc., Cic.: malo Tironis verecundiam in culpa esse, quam illibe-————ralitatem Curii, Cic.: Ggstz. extra culpam esse, zB. dico aut omnes extra culpam fuisse, aut, si uni culpa attribuenda sit, in eo maximam fuisse, qui summum imperium obtineret, aut, si omnes in culpa fuerint, oportuisse etc., Cic.: extra culpam belli esse, Liv. – excludere culpam, unmöglich machen, zB. eam dedisses hominibus rationem, quae vitia culpamque excluderet, Cic. – fateri culpam suam, Quint. – haeret omnis culpa sola in alqo, Ter.: haeret in alqo culpa crimenque, Cic. – ignoscere culpae minori, Petron.: incĭdere in hoc culpae genus non fraude, Cic.: inclinare omnem culpam in collegam, Liv.: invenire alqm in culpa, Ter. – liberare alqm culpā, Cic.: liberare alqm culpae (Ggstz. arguere alqm culpae), Liv.: luere culpam maiorum (von den Nachkommen), Curt.: sanguine liberûm suorum culpam defectionis luere, Liv.- merere culpam in alqa re, Ter., od. alqā re, zB. prave quid imperando, Mela: videndum est an minui culpa possit, Quint. – piare miserorum morte culpam hanc, Verg.: plectere culpam, Cic.: ponere se extra omnem culpam causamque, Cic.: non omnes, qui Oppianicum condemnarunt, in culpa sunt ac suspicione ponendi, als Schuld habend u. verdächtig anzusehen, Cic.: praestare culpam, für die Sch. Bürgschaft leisten, Cic.: purgare (rechtfertigen) culpam, Liv. – redimere praeteritam culpam, ausgleichen, gut machen, Planc. in Cic. ep. (vgl. redimere nullam congiario culpam,————nullam alimentis crudelitatem, Plin. pan.): regerere communem culpam in alqm, Plin. ep.: remittere culpam, Val. Flacc.: a se removere culpam, Liv.: remotum esse a culpa (v. Pers.), Cic.: reprehendere alcis culpam, Cic.: residet culpa alcis rei in alqo, Cic. – subest nulla culpa, Cic. fr.: suscipere culpam, culpam alcis rei, aliquid culpae recusando, Cic.: in se suscipere istius culpam crimenque, Cic.: sustinere culpam alcis rei, die Sch. von etw. tragen, v. Pers., Cic.; u. v. Lebl., zB. horum malorum omnium culpam fortuna sustinet, Cic.; u. (v. Pers.) m. folg. quod (daß usw.), ut iam ne istius quidem rei culpam sustineam, quod minus diu fuerim in provincia, quam fortasse fuerit utile, Cic. – teneri aliquā culpā erroris humani, Cic.: transferre culpam (omnem culpam) in alios od. in se, Cic.: transferre suam culpam ad negotia, Sall.: tribuere alqd culpae alcis, Cornif. rhet., Caes. u.a. – vacare culpā, omni culpā (v. Pers.), Cic.: vacare culpā in alqa re (v. Pers.), Cic.: versari in simili culpa (v. Pers.), Cic.: vertere culpam alcis rei in gloriam alqā re, Plin. ep.: vitare culpam, Hor. – im Plur., ut hoc iam ante confirmem, in hoc uno genere omnes inesse culpas istius maximas avaritiae, maiestatis, dementiae, libidinis, crudelitatis, Cic. Verr., 5, 42: seraque fata, quae manent culpas etiam sub Orco, Hor. carm. 3, 22, 29: u. so Plur. noch Hor. carm. 4, 4, 36; 4, 15, 11. Vitr. 3, 1, 4. Apul. de dogm. Plat. 2, 27. Arnob.————1, 27 u.a. Auson. lud. sept. sap. praef. 14 u.a. – b) insbes.: α) die Schuld der Unkeuschheit, der Fall, culpa inter viros ac feminas vulgata, Tac.: celare culpam falsa sub imagine, Ov. – β) die Schuld der Nachlässigkeit, die Nachlässigkeit, die man verschuldet, si neque maiorem feci ratione malā rem, nec sum facturus vitio culpāve (durch Verschwendung oder N.) minorem, Hor. sat. 2, 6, 6 sq.: u. so Gaius dig. 17, 2, 72. Ulp. dig. 42, 5, 8. § 3. – 2) meton., die Schuld = der schuldige Gegenstand, continuo culpam (die Ursache der Seuche, das kranke Schaf) ferro compesce, Verg. georg. 3, 468. – II) übtr., das Gebrechen einer Sache (Ggstz. laus, Vollkommenheit), operum et laudes et culpae, Vitr. 3, 1, 4. -
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īn-fitior, ātus sum, ārī (in u. fateor), etw. in Abrede stellen, leugnen (ableugnen, verleugnen), von etw. nichts wissen wollen, etw. nicht anerkennen (Ggstz. confiteri), m. vorhergeh. Negation auch = etw. kein Hehl haben, anerkennen, a) eine Tatsache: α) m. Acc.: crimen, Cic.: rem manifestam, Plin. ep.: facinus, Curt.: cum id posset infitiari, repente praeter opinionem confessus est, Cic.: mori malle falsum fatendo quam verum infitiando dolere, Cic.: fama factis infitianda tuis, Ov.: progenies haud infitianda parenti, Ov.: Varro Sophocleo non infitiande cothurno, Mart.: m. dopp. Acc., nos amicos, uns als Fr. verl., Ov. ex Pont. 1, 7, 27. – β) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. od. m. bl. Infin.: tanto magis infitiandum totum posse extra corpus durare genique, Lucr.: m. vorherg. Negation, neque ego in hoc me hominem esse infitiabor umquam, Cic.: ne possis infitiari (te) dixisse, quae dixeris, Curt.: non est infitiandum Hannibalem tanto praestitisse ceteros imperatores prudentiā, quanto etc., Nep.: neque infitiari possent aut iudicio semel aut comitiis bis ab se peccatum esse, Liv.: in der Frage, an ego poteram infitiari me esse hominem et communem naturae sensum repudiare? Cic.: num infitiari potes te illo die meis praesidiis, meā diligentiā circumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse? Cic. – γ) passiv, non infitiari potest m. folg. quin u.————Konj., neque item infitiari posse, quin alia causa in praemio sit, alia in poenis, Gell. 6 (7), 3, 40. – δ) absol.: earum rerum nullam sibi iste neque infitiandi rationem neque defendendi facultatem reliquit, Cic.: cui (statui) ab infitiando nomen dederunt, Quint. – b) ableugnen, Empfangenes od. Versprochenes, bes. vor Gericht, depositum inf., ICt.: depositum non inf., Iuven.: praedas, quas promiserat, wegen der (den Soldaten) versprochenen Beuteverteilung Ausflüchte machen, von der versp. B. nichts wissen wollen, Flor. – absol., qui petebat (Kläger) et qui infitiabatur (Ausflüchte machender Schuldner), Varro LL.: quid si infitiatur? quid si omnino non debet? Cic.: quae autem accusantium ac defendentium, eadem petentium et infitiantium ratio est, Quint. – c) absprechen, verweigern, passiv, Floro legatum ex testamento infitiatum esse, Cic. Cluent. 162: Capitolia nostrae infitiata lyrae, Stet. silv. 3, 5, 32.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > infitior
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16 relinquo
re-linquo, līquī, lictum, ere, I) zurücklassen = nicht mitnehmen, A) im allg.: a) eig.: alterum avexit secum, illum reliquit alterum apud matrem domi, Plaut.: ipse abiit, me reliquit pro atriensi in sedibus, Plaut.: abeuntes ambo senes me filiis relinquunt quasi magistrum, Ter.: rel. alqm in Gallia, Caes.: equos, Caes.: copias praesidio castris, Caes.: prae metu obliti, quid relinquerent, quid secum ferrent, Liv. – sub sinistra Britanniam relictam conspexit, Caes.: u. im Passiv, naves ab aestu relictae, von der Ebbe überrascht, Caes.: relinqui paulatim solem cum posterioribus signis, zurückbleiben, Lucr. – b) übtr.: α) übh., zurücklassen, hinterlassen, excusationem, Cic.: aculeos in animo alcis, Cic. – β) im Range, zurücklassen, omnes in omni genere eloquentiae procul a se, Quint. – B) insbes.: 1) durch den Tob zurücklassen, hinterlassen, a) eig.: filiam, Ter.: uxorem gravidam, Liv.: alqm heredem testamento, Cic.: alci haec quae habet omnia, Ter.: orationes, Cic.: scripta posteris, Quint.: scriptum in Originibus, Cic.: ficta, Ov. – b) bildl.: sibi hanc laudem, Ter.: memoriam, Cic.: nomen, Hor. – 2) übriglassen, überlassen, verstatten, a) eig.: nec vas nec vestimentum, Ter.: alci non modo granum nullum, sed ne paleas quidem ex omni fructu, Cic.: equitatus partem alci, Caes.: pauca aratro iugera, Hor.: haec porcis comedenda, Hor.: ha-————bitanda fana apris, Hor.: relinquebatur una per Sequanos via, blieb übrig, Caes.: qui nisi huc redit, paucorum mensum relictae sunt reliquiae, so ist für wenige Monate noch Unterhalt übrig, Plaut.: Partiz. subst., relictum, ī, n., das Übrige, der Rest, Ps. Ov. de nuc. 99. – b) bildl.: populari rei publicae laudem, Cic.: spes relinquitur, bleibt übrig, Cic. u. Caes.: nullā provocatione ad populum relictā, Cic.: quis relictus est obiurgandi locus? Ter.: nullum sibi ad cognoscendum spatium, Caes.: relinque aliquantum orationis, cras quod mecum litiges, Plaut.: munitioni castrorum tempus relinqui volebat, Caes.: alqm poenae, Ov. u. Plin. ep.: urbem direptioni et incendiis, Cic.: alqd in aliorum spe relinquere, Cic.: alqd ne in opinione quidem cuiusquam relinquere, Cic.: m. folg. Infin., Lucr., Hor. u.a.: m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Lucr. – insbes., nihil relinquitur, nisi fuga, es bleibt nichts übrig, Attic. b. Cic.: relinquitur m. folg. ut u. Konj., Cic. u. Caes. – 3) etw. in einem gewissen Zustande zurücklassen, liegen lassen, lassen, a) eig.: alqm insepultum, Cic.: alqm exsanguem naso auribusque mutilatis, Liv.: tabellas vacuas, Quint. – b) bildl.: eum locum integrum, Ter.: rem integram, Cic.: alqos incorruptos, Sall.: agros intactos, Iustin.: conclave apertum, offen lassen, Gran. Licin.: alqd inchoatum, Cic.: alqd neglectum, Cic.: id iniudicatum relinquo, lasse ich unentschieden, Quint.: solā incolumi relictā in-————scriptione, Amm.: sine imperio tantas copias, Caes.: alqd in medio, Cic. u. Quint. – sed ipse divus Iulius, ipse divus Augustus et tulere ista et reliquere (ließen bestehen), Tac. – II) übh., verlassen, von jmd. od. etwas sich trennen, A) im allg.: a) eig.: nebulonem hunc, Scip. Afr. b. Gell.: domum propinquosque, Caes.: Ilio relicto, Hor.: Roma relinquenda est, Ov.: volucres ova relinquebant, Lucr. – b) bildl.: me somnus reliquit, Enn.: alqm febris relinquit, Spart. u. Vulg.: quartana alqm relinquit, Hor., a quartana alqs relinquitur, Cic.: quem vita reliquit, Lucr.: animam, Ter.: vitam, Verg.: relinquit alqm animus (die Besinnung), Caes.: tum ab omni honestate relictus, entblößt, Cic. – B) prägn., jmd. od. etwas fahren lassen, im Stiche lassen, verlassen, 1) eig.: alqm, Plaut. u. Ter.: so vom Verlassen der Geliebten, Plaut., Prop., Tibull. u. Ov.: equos, Caes.: id argentum, Plaut.: signa, desertieren, Liv.: relicta non bene parmula, Hor. – 2) übtr.: a) übh., fahren lassen, aufgeben, unterlassen, hingehen lassen, vernachlässigen, hintansetzen, außer acht lassen, rem et causam et utilitatem communem, Cic.: alias res, Plaut.: relictis rebus, mit Hintansetzung aller meiner Geschäfte, Komik.: u. so omnibus relictis rebus, Plaut., od. relictis rebus omnibus, Cic., od. omnibus rebus relictis, Caes.: omnia, Cic.: agrorum et armorum cultum, Cic.: agrum alternis annis, brach liegen lassen, Varro.: re-————lictae possessiones, aufgegebenes Land (weil nicht zu kultivieren), Cic.: bellum, Cic.: Mutinae obsessionem, As. Poll. b. Cic.: obsidionem, Liv. – mit folg. Infin., mirari multa relinquas, unterlassest, Lucr. 6, 654. – b) insbes.: α) unbeachtet lassen, αα) = mit Absicht unerwähnt lassen, hoc loco Domitium non relinquo, Cic.: caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo, Cic.: hoc certe quod sum dicturus neque praetermittendum neque relinquendum est, Cic. Vgl. Bonnell Cic. de off. 3, 9. Halm Cic. Cat. 3, 18. – ββ) = unbearbeitet lassen (Ggstz. elaborare in alqa re), artem inveniendi totam, Cic. top. 6. – β) ungerügt-, ungerächt hingehen lassen, iniurias suas, Cic.: vim hominibus armatis factam, Cic. Vgl. Jordan Cic. Caecin. 9. p. 158. Benecke Cic. de imp. Pomp. 11. p. 116 sq. – γ) in Ruhe lassen, non illum puto in domo canem reliquisse, Petron. 43, 8. – ⇒ arch. relinquont, Ter. Phorm. 72 u. Hec. 461. Cic. Verr. 5, 127 M.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > relinquo
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ad praep. with acc. [cf. Eng. at].—Of approach (opp. to ab, as in to ex). I. In space, to, toward: retorquet oculos ad urbem: una pars vergit ad septentriones, Cs.: tendens ad sidera palmas, V. —Fig.: ad alia vitia propensior, more inclined to. —Esp., ad dextram, sinistram, or laevam, to or on the right or left: ito ad dextram, T.: alqd ad dextram conspicere, Cs.: non rectā regione... sed ad laevam, L.—Designating the goal, to, toward: ad ripam convenire, Cs.: vocari ad cenam, H.: ad se adferre: reticulum ad narīs sibi admovebat (cf. accedit ad urbem, he approaches the city; and, accedit provinciae, it is added to the province).— Ad me, te, se, for domum meam, tuam, suam (in T. freq.): eamus ad me, T. — With gen., ellipt.: ad Dianae, to the temple of, T.: ad Castoris currere. — Used for dat: litteras dare ad aliquem, to write one a letter (cf. litteras dare alicui, to give a letter to one): domum ad te scribere: ad primam (epistulam) scribere, to answer.—Hence, librum ad aliquem mittere, scribere, to dedicate a book to one. —In titles, ad aliquem signifies to, addressed to.— With names of towns, ad answers to Whither? for the simple acc., i. e. to the vicinity of, to the neighborhood of: ad Aquinum accedere, approach: ut cum suis copiis iret ad Mutinam. — Of hostile movement or protection, against (cf. adversus): veniri ad se existimantes, Cs.: ipse ad hostem vehitur, N.: Romulus ad regem impetum facit (cf. in), L.: clipeos ad tela protecti obiciunt, V.: ad hos casūs provisa praesidia, Cs.—In war, of manner of fighting: ad pedes pugna venerat, was fought out on foot, L.: equitem ad pedes deducere, L.: pugna ad gladios venerat, L. — Emphatic of distance, to, even to, all the way to: a Salonis ad Oricum portūs... occupavit, Cs.: usque a Dianis ad Sinopum navigare. — Fig.: deverberasse usque ad necem, T.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Of nearness or proximity in gen. (cf. apud), near to, by, at, close by: ad forīs adsistere: Ianum ad infimum Argiletum fecit, L.: quod Romanis ad manum domi supplementum esset, at hand, L.: errantem ad flumina, V.; and ellipt.: pecunia utinam ad Opis maneret! — Of persons: qui primum pilum ad Caesarem duxerat, Cs.: ad me fuit, at my house: ad inferos poenas parricidi luent, among.—So, fig.: ad omnīs nationes sanctum, in the judgment of, Cs.: ut esset ad posteros monumentum, etc., L.: ad urbem esse (of a general outside of the walls): ad urbem cum imperio remanere, Cs.—With names of towns and verbs of rest: pons, qui erat ad Genavam, Cs.; and with an ordinal number and lapis: sepultus ad quintum lapidem, N.— II. In time, about, toward: domum reductus ad vesperum, toward evening.—Till, until, to, even to, up to: usque ad hanc aetatem: ad multam noctem: amant ad quoddam tempus, until: quem ad finem? how long: ad quartam (sc. horam), H. — Hence, ad id (sc. tempus), till then: ad id dubios servare animos, L.— At, on, in, by: ad horam destinatam, at the appointed hour: frumentum ad diem dare. — III. In number or amount, near, near to, almost, about, toward (cf. circiter): talenta ad quindecim coëgi, T.: annos ad quadraginta natus.—Adverb.: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Cs.: ad duo milia et trecenti occisi, L.—Of a limit, to, unto, even to (rare): (viaticum) ad assem perdere, to the last farthing, H.: ad denarium solvere. —Esp., ad unum, to a single one, without exception: omnes ad unum idem sentiunt: exosus ad unum Troianos, V. — IV. In other relations, with regard to, in respect of, in relation to, as to, to, in: ad honorem antecellere: nihil ad rem pertinet.—Ellipt.: rectene an secus, nihil ad nos: Quid ad praetorem? quid ad rem? i. e. what difference does it make? H.: quibus (auxiliaribus) ad pugnam confidebat, Cs.: ad speciem ornatus, ad sensum acerbus: mentis ad omnia caecitas: ad cetera paene gemelli, H.: facultas ad dicendum.—With words denoting measure, weight, manner, model, rule, etc., according to, agreeably to, after: taleis ad certum pondus examinatis, Cs.: ad cursūs lunae describit annum, L.: canere ad tibiam: carmen castigare ad unguem, to perfection (see unguis), H.: ad istorum normam sapientes: ad specus angustiae vallium (i. e. ad specuum similitudinem angustae valles), Cs. — With the cause or reason, according to, at, on, in consequence of, for, in order to: ad horum proces in Boeotiam duxit, on their entreaty, L.: dictis ad fallendum instructis, L.: causae ad discordiam, to produce dissension, T.: ad facinora incendere, S.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, for appearance, Cs.: ad id, for this use, as a means to that end, L.: ad id ipsum, for that my purpose, L.: delecto milite ad navīs, marines, L.: puer ad cyathum statuetur, H.: biiugi ad frena leones, yoked in pairs with bits, V.: res quae sunt ad incendia, Cs.: ad communem salutem utilius.—In comparison, to, compared with, in comparison with: terra ad universi caeli complexum: nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar.— V. In adverbial phrases, ad omnia, withal, to crown all: ad omnia tantum advehi auri, etc., L.—Ad hoc and ad haec, moreover, besides, in addition: ad hoc, quos... postremo omnes, quos, etc., S. — Ad id quod, beside that (rare): ad id quod... indignitate etiam Romani accendebantur, L. — Ad tempus, at a definite, fixed time, C., L.; at a fit, appropriate time, L.; for some time, for a short time, L.; according to circumstances. — Ad praesens, for the moment, for a short time.—Ad locum, on the spot: ut ad locum miles esset paratus, L.—Ad verbum, word for word, literally. — Ad summam, on the whole, generally, in general; in a word, in short, C., H.—Ad extremum, ad ultimum, ad postremum, at the end, finally, at last; of place, at the extremity, at the top, at the end: ad extremum (teli) unde ferrum exstabat, L.; of time, at last, finally: ad extremum incipit philosophari; of order, finally, lastly; to the last degree, quite, L. — Quem ad finem? to what limit? how far? how long? Note.—a. Ad rarely follows its acc: quam ad, T.: quos ad, C.: ripam ad Araxis, Ta.—b. In composition, ad- stands before vowels, b, d, f, h, i consonant, m, n, q, v, and mostly before l, r, s; acbefore c; but very often ad- before cl-, cr-, and cu-; ag- or ad- before g; ap- or ad- before p; atbefore t; but a- or ad- before gn, sp, sc, st.* * *I IIto, up to, towards; near, at; until, on, by; almost; according to; about w/NUM -
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ăb-ĕo, ĭvi or ii, ītum, īre, v. n. (abin= abisne, Plaut. and Ter.; abiit, dissyl., v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 153), to go from a place, to go away, depart.I.Lit..A.In gen., constr. with ab, ex, the simple abl., the acc. with in, the local adv. hinc, and absol.:B.abeo ab illo,
Plaut. Cure. 2, 3, 70:abi in malam rem maxumam a me,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 72 (v. infra); so id. Bacch. 4, 9, 107:abin e conspectu meo?
id. Am. 1, 3, 20 (but also abin ab oculis? id. Trin. 4, 2, 140: id. Truc. 2, 5, 24):ablturos agro Argivos,
id. Am. 1, 1, 53:abire in aliquas terras,
Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:insanus, qui hinc abiit modo,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61:abi prae, jam ego sequar,
go on, I will soon follow, id. Am. 1, 3, 45. —With supine:abiit exsulatum,
into exile, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 6; Liv. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:abi deambulatum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 26. — Absol.:(Catilina) abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:praetor de sellā surrexit atque abiit,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 65 fin.:quae dederat abeuntibus,
Verg. A. 1, 196 al.:sub jugum abire,
Liv. 3, 2, 8 fin. — With inf.:abi quaerere,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 26. —Of things:cornus sub altum pectus abit,
penetrates deeply, Verg. A. 9, 700.In partic.1.To pass away, so that no trace remains; to disappear, vanish, cease.a.Of man, to die:b.qui nune abierunt hinc in communem locum (i.e. in Orcum),
Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; cf.:ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 30; so also Cic.: abiit e vitā, Tusc. 1, 30, 74 al. —Of time, to pass away, elapse:c.dum haec abiit hora,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 50:menses,
id. Ad. 4, 5, 57:annus,
Cic. Sest. 33, 72:abit dies,
Cat. 61, 195:tota abit hora,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 14. —Of other things:2.per inane profundum,
Lucr. 1, 1108:nausea jam plane abiit?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 2; so id. Fam. 9, 20; Ov. M. 7, 290 al.To be changed from one's own ways or nature into something else, to be transformed, metamorphosed; always constr. with in (chiefly poet., esp. in Ov. M., as a constant expression for metamorphosis): terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Mūll.:II.in corpus corpore toto,
to pass with their whole body into another, Lucr. 4, 1111:aut abit in somnum,
is, as it were, wholly dissolved in sleep, is all sleep, id. 3, 1066: E in V abiit. Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Mūll.:in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti,
Ov. M. 1, 236; id. ib. 2, 674:jam barba comaeque in silvas abeunt,
id. ib. 4, 657; 4, 396; so id. ib. 3, 398; 8,555; 14, 499;14, 551 al.: in vanum abibunt monentium verba,
will dissolce into nothing, Sen. Ep. 94 med.;hence, in avi mores regem abiturum,
would adopt the ways of, Liv. 1, 32.Trop.A.In gen., to depart from, to leave off, to turn aside:B.ut ab jure non abeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 114; so,ab emptione,
Dig. 2, 14, 7, § 6; 18, 2, 14, § 2 sq.:a venditione,
ib. 18, 5, 1: sed abeo a sensibus, leave, i. e. speak no more of, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 9; so often with longe: non longe abieris, you need not go far to seek for examples, id. Fam. 7, 19; cf.:ne longius abeam,
id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Caec. 33, 95 al.:quid ad istas ineptias abis?
why do you have recourse to —? id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:abit causa in laudes Cn. Pompeii,
Quint. 9, 2, 55:illuc, unde abii, redeo,
I set out, Hor. S. 1, 1, 108:pretium retro abiit,
has fallen, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7.In partic.1.With abl., to retire from an office or occupation:2.abiens magistratu,
Cic. Pis. 3, 6; id. Fam. 5, 2, 7: Liv. 2, 27 fin.; 3, 38 fin. al.; so,abire consulatu,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf.flaminio,
Liv. 26, 23 fin.:sacerdotio,
Gell. 6, 7, 4:honore,
Suet. Aug. 26:tutelā,
Dig. 26, 4, 3, § 8; cf.:tutelā vel curā,
ib. 26, 10, 3, § 18 al.Of the consequence or result of an action, to turn out, end, terminate:3.mirabar hoc si sic abiret,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 4: cf.:non posse ista sic abire,
Cic. Att. 14, 1; so id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; Cat. 14, 16 al.In auctions, t. t., not to be knocked down to one:4.si res abiret ab eo mancipe,
should not fall to him, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54; cf.:ne res abiret ab eo,
that he may purchase it, id. 2, 3, 64; so Dig. 18, 2, 1; 50, 17, 205.The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, either with a friendly or reproachful signif.a.Abi, Indis me, credo, Begone, you are fooling me! Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32; so Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 25; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 205. —b.Begone! be off! abi modo, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 20:abi, nescis inescare homines,
Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12;bence in the malediction, abi in malam rem!
go be hanged! Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 17:abin hine in malam crucem?
id. Most. 3, 2, 163 (ef. Cic.: quin tu abis in malam pestem malumque cruciatum? Phil. 13, 21); v. crux and cruciatus. -
19 auctor
auctor (incorrectly written autor or author), ōris, comm. [id.], he that brings about the existence of any object, or promotes the increase or prosperity of it, whether he first originates it, or by his efforts gives greater permanence or continuance to it; to be differently translated according to the object, creator, maker, author, inventor, producer, father, founder, teacher, composer, cause, voucher, supporter, leader, head, etc. (syn.: conditor, origo, consiliarius, lator, suasor, princeps, dux).I.Lit.A.Of persons, a progenitor, father, ancestor:B.L. Brutus, praeclarus auctor nobilitatis tuae,
the founder, progenitor of your nobility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2:generis,
Verg. A. 4, 365; so Ov. M. 4, 640, and Suet. Vit. 2:tu sanguinis ultimus auctor,
Verg. A. 7, 49; so Ov. M. 12, 558, and 13, 142:tantae propaginis,
id. F. 3, 157:originis,
Suet. Ner. 1:gentis,
id. Claud. 25:auctores parentes animarum,
Vulg. Sap. 12, 6:auctore ab illo ducit originem,
Hor. C. 3, 17, 5:Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,
id. ib. 1, 2, 36:mihi Tantalus auctor,
Ov. M. 6, 172:auctores saxa fretumque tui,
id. H. 10, 132:Juppiter e terrā genitam mentitur, ut auctor Desinat inquiri,
id. M. 1, 615.—Of animals, Col. 6, 27, 1.—Of buildings, etc., founder, builder:C.Trojae Cynthius auctor,
Verg. G. 3, 36:murorum Romulus auctor,
Prop. 5, 6, 43 ( augur, Müll.):auctor posuisset in oris Moenia,
Ov. M. 15, 9:porticus auctoris Livia nomen habet,
id. A. A. 1, 72:amphitheatri,
Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 118:omnia sub titulo tantum suo ac sine ullā pristini auctoris memoriā,
Suet. Dom. 5.—Of works of art, a maker, artist:II.statua auctoris incerti,
Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 93: apparuit summam artis securitatem auctori placaisse, id. praef. § 27.—Transf.A.In gen., the originator, executor, performer, doer, cause, occasion of other things (freq. interchanged with actor):B.tametsi haud quaquam par gloriá sequitur scriptorem et auctorem rerum, tamen etc.,
Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz (cf. without rerum: Suam quisque culpam auctores ad negotia transferunt, id. J. 1, 4):praeclari facinoris,
Vell. 2, 120, 6:facti,
Ov. M. 9, 206; Vell. 1, 8:cum perquirerent auctorem facti,
Vulg. Jud. 6, 29:optimi statūs auctor,
Suet. Aug. 28:honoris,
Ov. M. 10, 214:vitae,
Vulg. Act. 3, 15:salutis,
ib. Heb. 2, 10:fidei,
ib. ib. 12, 2:funeris,
Ov. M. 10, 199:necis,
id. ib. 8, 449;9, 214: mortis,
id. ib. 8, 493:vulneris,
id. ib. 5, 133;8, 418: plagae,
id. ib. 3, 329:seditionis sectae,
Vulg. Act. 24, 5.—Also, in gen., one from whom any thing proceeds or comes:auctor in incerto est: jaculum de parte sinistrā Venit,
i. e. the sender, Ov. M. 12, 419; so,teli,
id. ib. 8, 349:muneris,
the giver, id. ib. 2, 88;5, 657, 7, 157 al.: meritorum,
id. ib. 8, 108 al.—An author of scientific or literary productions.1.An investigator:2.non sordidus auctor Naturae verique,
Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.—And as imparting learning, a teacher:quamquam in antiquissimā philosophiā Cratippo auctore versaris,
Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:dicendi gravissimus auctor et magister Plato,
id. Or. 3, 10:divini humanique juris auctor celeberrimus,
Vell. 2, 26, 2:Servius Sulpicius, juris civilis auctor,
Gell. 2, 10; Dig. 19, 1, 39; 40, 7, 36.—The author of a writing, a writer:C.ii quos nunc lectito auctores,
Cic. Att. 12, 18:ingeniosus poëta et auctor valde bonus,
id. Mur. 14:scripta auctori perniciosa suo,
Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 68:Belli Alexandrini Africique et Hispaniensis incertus auctor est,
Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 31:sine auctore notissimi versus,
i. e. anonymous verses, id. ib. 70; so id. Calig. 8; id. Dom. 8 al.— Meton. of cause for effect, for a literary production, writing, work:in evolvendis utriusque linguae auctoribus, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 89. —In partic., the author of historical works, an historian (with and without rerum):ego cautius posthac historiam attingam, te audiente, quem rerum Romanarum auctorem laudare possum religiosissimum,
Cic. Brut. 11, 44; so,Matrem Antoniam non apud auctores rerum, non diurnā actorum scripturā reperio ullo insigni officio functam,
Tac. A. 3, 3; 3, 30 (diff. from auctor rerum in II. A.):Polybius bonus auctor in primis,
Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113; so Nep. Them. 10, 4; Liv. 4, 20; Tac. A. 5, 9; 14, 64 al.—With historiae (eccl. Lat.):historiae congruit auctori,
Vulg. 2 Macc. 2, 31.—Hence, in gen., one that gives an account of something, a narrator, reporter, informant (orally or in writing):sibi insidias fieri: se id certis auctoribus comperisse,
Cic. Att. 14, 8:celeberrimos auctores habeo tantam victoribus irreverentiam fuisse, ut, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 51:criminis ficti auctor, i. e. nuntius,
Ov. M. 7, 824:Non haec tibi nuntiat auctor Ambiguus,
id. ib. 11, 666; 12, 58; 12, 61; 12, 532.—Hence, auctorem esse, with acc. and inf., to relate, recount:Auctores sunt ter novenis punctis interfici hominem,
Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 73:Fabius Rustiçus auctor est scriptos esse ad Caecinam Tuscum codicillos,
Tac. A. 13, 20:Auctor est Julius Marathus ante paucos quam nasceretur menses prodigium Romae factum (esse) publice, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 94 et saep.—One by whose influence, advice, command, etc., any thing is done, the cause, occasion, contriver, instigator, counsellor, adviser, promoter; constr. sometimes with ut, acc. and inf., or gen. gerund.: quid mihi es auctor ( what do you counsel me?) huic ut mittam? Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 2; 4, 7, 70; id. Poen. 1, 3, 1:2.idne estis auctores mihi?
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 16:mihique ut absim, vehementer auctor est,
Cic. Att. 15, 5:Gellium ipsis (philosophis) magno opere auctorem fuisse, ut controversiarum facerent modum,
id. Leg. 1, 20, 53:ut propinqui de communi sententiā coërcerent, auctor fuit,
Suet. Tib. 35; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 15:a me consilium petis, qui sim tibi auctor in Siciliāne subsidas, an proficiscare,
Cic. Fam. 6, 8: ego quidem tibi non sim auctor, si Pompeius Italiam reliquit, te quoque profugere, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:ne auctor armorum duxque deesset, Auct. B. G. 8, 47: auctor facinori non deerat,
Liv. 2, 54:auctores Bibulo fuere tantundem pollicendi,
Suet. Caes. 19:auctores restituendae tribuniciae potestatis,
id. ib. 5; so id. Dom. 8:auctor singulis universisque conspirandi simul et ut... communem causam juvarent,
id. Galb. 10 al. —So freq. in the abl. absol.: me, te, eo auctore, at my, your, his instance, by my [p. 199] advice, command, etc.:non me quidem Faciet auctore, hodie ut illum decipiat,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 23:an paenitebat flagiti, te auctore quod fecisset Adulescens?
Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 12:quare omnes istos me auctore deridete atque contemnite,
Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 54:quia calida fomenta non proderant, frigidis curari coactus auctore Antonio Musā,
Suet. Aug. 81; 96; id. Galb. 19; id. Vit. 2 al.: agis Carminibus grates et dis auctoribus horum, the promoters or authors of spells, Ov. M. 7, 148.—Esp., in political lang., t. t.a.Auctor legis.(α).One who proposes a law, a mover, proposer (very rare):(β).quarum legum auctor fuerat, earum suasorem se haud dubium ferebat,
Liv. 6, 36:Quid desperatius, qui ne ementiendo quidem potueris auctorem adumbrare meliorem,
Cic. Dom. 30, 80.—One who advises the proposal of a law, and exerts all his influence to have it passed, a supporter (stronger than suasor; cf. Suet. Tib. 27:(γ).alium dicente, auctore eo Senatum se adīsse, verba mutare et pro auctore suasorem dicere coegit): isti rationi neque lator quisquam est inventus neque auctor umquam bonus,
Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34:cum ostenderem, si lex utilis plebi Romanae mihi videretur, auctorem me atque adjutorem futurum (esse),
id. Agr. 2, 5; id. Att. 1, 19:quo auctore societatem cum Perseo junxerunt,
Liv. 45, 31; Suet. Oth. 8; id. Vesp. 11 al.—Sometimes in connection with suasor:atque hujus deditionis ipse Postumius suasor et auctor fuit,
Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109:Nisi quis retinet, idem suasor auctorque consilii ero,
Tac. H. 3, 2 al. —Of a senate which accepts or adopts a proposition for a law, a confirmer, ratifier:b.nunc cum loquar apud senatores populi Romani, legum et judiciorum et juris auctores,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67.— Poet., in gen., a law-giver:animum ad civilia vertet Jura suum, legesque feret justissimus auctor,
Ov. M. 15, 833;and of one who establishes conditions of peace: leges captis justissimus auctor imposuit,
id. ib. 8, 101. —Hence, auctores fieri, to approve, accept, confirm a law:cum de plebe consulem non accipiebat, patres ante auctores fieri coëgerit,
Cic. Brut. 14, 55:Decreverunt ut, cum populus regem jussisset, id sic ratum esset, si patres auctores fierent,
Liv. 1, 17; 1, 22; 2, 54; 2, 56; 6, 42; 8, 12 al.—Auctor consilii publici, he who has the chief voice in the senate, a leader:D.hunc rei publicae rectorem et consilii publici auctorem esse habendum,
Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 211; 3, 17, 63. —Also absol.:regem Ariobarzanem, cujus salutem a senatu te auctore, commendatam habebam,
by your influence, and the decree of the senate occasioned by it, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; cf. Gron. ad Liv. 24, 43.—One who is an exemplar, a model, pattern, type of any thing:E.Caecilius, malus auctor Latinitatis,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:nec litterarum Graecarum, nec philosophiae jam ullum auctorem requiro,
id. Ac. 2, 2, 5; cf.Wopk. Lect. Tull. p. 34: unum cedo auctorem tui facti, unius profer exemplum,
i. e. who has done a similar thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26:Cato omnium virtutum auctor,
id. Fin. 4, 16, 44 al. —One that becomes security for something, a voucher, bail, surety, witness:F.id ita esse ut credas, rem tibi auctorem dabo,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 70:auctorem rumorem habere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19: fama nuntiabat te esse in Syriā;auctor erat nemo,
id. Fam. 12, 4:non si mihi Juppiter auctor Spondeat,
Verg. A. 5, 17:gravis quamvis magnae rei auctor,
Liv. 1, 16:auctorem levem, nec satis fidum super tantā re Patres rati,
id. 5, 15 fin.:urbs auspicato deis auctoribus in aeternum condita,
under the guaranty of the gods, id. 28, 28.—Also with acc. and inf.:auctores sumus tutam ibi majestatem Romani nominis fore,
Liv. 2, 48.—In judic. lang., t. t.1.A seller, vender (inasmuch as he warrants the right of possession of the thing to be sold, and transfers it to the purchaser; sometimes the jurists make a distinction between auctor primus and auctor secundus; the former is the seller himself, the latter the bail or security whom the former brings, Dig. 21, 2, 4; cf.2.Salmas. Mod. Usur. pp. 728 and 733): quod a malo auctore emīssent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22:auctor fundi,
id. Caecin. 10; Dig. 19, 1, 52: Inpero (auctor ego sum), ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 73 Wagn.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 21; id. Curc. 4, 2, 12.— Trop.:auctor beneficii populi Romani,
Cic. Mur. 2.—A guardian, trustee (of women and minors):3.dos quam mulier nullo auctore dixisset,
Cic. Caecin. 25:majores nostri nullam ne privatam quidem rem agere feminas sine auctore voluerunt,
Liv. 34, 2:pupillus obligari tutori eo auctore non potest,
Dig. 26, 8, 5.—In espousals, auctores are the witnesses of the marriage contract (parents, brothers, guardians, relatives, etc.):G.nubit genero socrus, nullis auspicibus, nullis auctoribus,
Cic. Clu. 5.—An agent, factor, spokesman, intercessor, champion:► In class.praeclarus iste auctor suae civitatis,
Cic. Fl. 22:(Plancius) princeps inter suos... maximarum societatum auctor, plurimarum magister,
id. Planc. 13, 22:meae salutis,
id. Sest. 50, 107:doloris sui, querelarum, etc.,
id. Fl. 22 fin.Lat. auctor is also used as fem.:eas aves, quibus auctoribus etc.,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27:Et hostes aderant et (Theoxena) auctor mortis instabat,
Liv. 40, 4, 15:auctor ego (Juno) audendi,
Verg. A. 12, 159; Ov. M. 8, 108; id. F. 5, 192; 6, 709; id. H. 14, 110; 15, 3; Sen. Med. 968; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll. The distinction which the grammarians, Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 159, Prob. p. 1452 sq. P., and others make between auctor fem. and auctrix, that auctrix would refer more to the lit. signif. of the verb, augeo, while auctor fem. has more direct relation to the prevailing signif. of its noun, auctoritas, is unfounded. -
20 auspicium
auspĭcĭum, ii, n. [auspex], divination by observing the flight of birds, augury from birds, auspices (cf. augurium).I.A.. Lit.:B.auspicia avium,
Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203 (as if overlooking the origin of auspicium): praetor auspicat auspicium prosperum, Naev. ap. Non. p. 468, 28: Dant (Romulus et Remus) operam simul auspicio augurioque etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 81 sq. Vahl.:pullarium in auspicium mittit,
Liv. 10, 40, 2:ab auspicio bono proficisci, of marriage,
Cat. 45, 19 Ellis (cf. auspex, II. A. 2.) et saep.; cf.the class. passages,
Cic. Div. 1, 47 sq.; 2, 34 sq.; Liv. 6, 41, 4 sq.—So auspicium habere, to have the right of taking auspices (which, in the performance of civil duties, was possessed by all magistrates, but, in time of war, only by the commander - in - chief):omnes magistratus auspicium judiciumque habento,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10:quod nemo plebeius auspicia haberet,
Liv. 4, 6, 2.—Of the commander - in - chief:expugnatum oppidumst Imperio atque auspicio mei eri Amphitruonis,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37:Ut gesserit rem publicam ductu, imperio, auspicio suo,
id. ib. 1, 1, 41;2, 2, 25: qui ductu auspicioque ejus res prospere gesserant,
Liv. 5, 46, 6; 8, 31, 1; 10, 7, 7; 41, 28, 1 al.;21, 40, 3: recepta signa ductu Germanici, auspiciis Tiberii,
Tac. A. 2, 41:Septentrionalis oceanus navigatus est auspiciis divi Augusti,
Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167:alia ductu meo, alia imperio auspicioque perdomui,
Curt. 6, 3, 2:domuit partim ductu partim auspiciis suis Cantabriam, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 21 Ruhnk.—And so absol.:vates rege vatis habenas, Auspicio felix totus ut annus eat (sc. tuo),
Ov. F. 1, 26 Merk.—Hence for the chief command, guidance:tuis auspiciis totum confecta duella per orbem,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 Schmid:Illius auspiciis obsessae moenia pacem Victa petent Mutinae,
Ov. M. 15, 822.—And, in gen., right, power, inclination, will:Me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et sponte meā componere curas, etc.,
Verg. A. 4, 341:Communem hunc ergo populum paribusque regamus Auspiciis,
id. ib. 4, 103 (aequali potestate, Serv.).—Transf., in gen., a sign, omen, a divine premonition or token:II.Liquido exeo auspicio foras, Avi sinistrā,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 2; so id. Ps. 2, 4, 72:optimum,
id. Stich. 3, 2, 6: dicere ausus est optimis auspiciis ea geri, Cic. Sen. 4, 11:quae contra rem publicam ferrentur, contra auspicia ferri,
id. ib.:melius,
Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 88:vanum,
Prop. 1, 3, 28:infaustum,
Verg. A. 11, 347:felix,
Just. 1, 10 al. —So, auspicium facere, of things which give signs, tokens, omens:augurium haec (mustela) facit,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 10:cur aliis a laevā, aliis a dexterā datum est avibus, ut ratum auspicium facere possint?
Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80:circa summum culmen hominis auspicium fecisse,
Liv. 1, 34, 9.— Poet.: cui (diviti) si vitiosa libido Fecerit auspicium, gave him a token (viz. for changing), urged him to a new decision, Hor, Ep. 1, 1, 86.—Trop., = initium, a beginning (cf. auspicor, II., and auspex, II. B.):auspicia belli a parricidio incipientes,
Just. 26, 2, 2:auspicia regni a parricidio coepit,
id. 27, 1.
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