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1 scribere
писать: а) написать (1. 9 § 1. D. 41, 1. 1. 15 pr. D. 48, 10. 1. 23 C. 9, 23);scripta = scriptura, письмо, документ (1. 2 C. 6, 11. 1. 1 C. 6, 13. 1. 4 D. 22, 4. 1. 2 § 1 D. 18, 1);
b) сочинять, составлять, actiones scrib. = proponere (1. 1 pr. D. 27, 5);
in rem scripta actio;
in rem scriptum edictum (см. res. s. h. 1. 10 D. 1, 3. 1. 35. 36. eod. 1. 6 § 1 D. 1, 1. 1. 2 § 5 D. 1, 2. cf. § 9 I. 1, 2. 1. 25 § 1 D. 28, 2. 1. 12 § 5 D. 49, 15);
heredem scrib. aliquem, назначать кого наследником (1. 25 § 1 cit. 1. 14 D. 2, 15. 1. 27 § 3. 1. 29 pr. D. 5, 2);
exheredem scrib. aliquem (см. exheredare);
tutorem scrib. aliquem;
tutoris datio in testamento scripta (1. 10 § 2. 4 D. 26, 2. 1. 20 pr. D. 28, 1. 1. 24 § 9 D. 40, 5. 1. 3 § 2 eod. 1. 54 pr. D. 30. 1. 13 D. 28, 7. 1. 20 § 2 D. 28, 5. cf. 1. 2 § 1. 1. 6 § 4 D. 29, 7. 1. 4 pr. D. 34, 8);
c) sibi hereditatem vel legatum scribere относится к тому, кто, составляя на письме чье-либо завещание, сам устанавливает себя наследником или легатарием (1. 1 eod. 1. 15 pr. D. 48, 10);
d.) письменно определять, обещать (1. 40 D. 12, 1. 1. 9 § 7 D. 26, 7. 1. 17 pr. D. 44, 4); е) на письме высказывать свое мнение (1. 8 § 2 D. 2, 4. 1. 4 § 2. 1. 9 § 2 D. 2, 13. 1. 9 § 8 D. 4, 2. 1. 13 pr. D. 13, 7. 1. 3 § 1 D. 14, 6. 1. 34 pr. § 1. 2 D. 34, 2);
scripta, сочинения юристов (1. 2 § 45 D. 1, 2);
f) доносить, докладывать (1. 1 § 27 D. 48, 18. 1. 27. § 1 D. 48, 19. 1. 2 § 1 D. 48, 21);
g) вносить в список, назначать, inter Senatores scribi (1. 28 C. 5, 4);
h) facie alicuius scribere, клеймить, бесчестить (1. 17 C. 9, 47).
Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > scribere
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2 Scribere est agere
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3 Difficile est saturam non scribere
Трудно не писать сатир.Ювенал, "Сатиры", I, 26-31:Cúm pars Níliacáe plebís, cum vérna CanópiCríspinús, Tyriás humeró revocánte lacérnas,Véntilet áestivúm digitís sudántibus áurum,Néc sufférre queát majóris póndera gémmae,Dífficil(e) ést saturám non scríbere. Nám quis iníquaeTám patiéns Urbís, tam férreus, út teneát se...Если какой-нибудь нильский прохвост, этот раб из КанопаПлащ и на потной руке все вращает кольцо золотое,Будто не может снести от жары он тяжелую гемму,Рима, настолько стальной, чтоб ему удержаться от гнева.(Перевод Д. Недовича и Ф. Петровского)Если часто difficile est saturam non scribere, то у нас в то время, когда Тургенев выступил против крепостного права, было гораздо чаще "difficile saturam scribere", потому что цензура того времени была подозрительна и труслива, низка и невежественна. (А. Ф. Кони, Памяти Тургенева.)Обстоятельства были благоприятны для сатиры, но не благоприятствовали сатирикам; пародируя слова Ювенала, последние могли сказать: difficile est saturam scribere. (К. К. Арсеньев, Русская общественная жизнь в сатире Салтыкова.)Латинско-русский словарь крылатых слов и выражений > Difficile est saturam non scribere
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4 In aqua scribere
Писать на воде.Катулл, LXX, 1-4:Ín vent(o) ét rapidá scríber(e) opórtet aquá."Слова, которые женщина говорит влюбленному, надо писать на ветре и на быстро текущей воде".ср. русск. Вилами на воде писаноЛатинско-русский словарь крылатых слов и выражений > In aqua scribere
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5 Difficile est saturam non scribere
• It is hard not to write satire. (Juvenalis)Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Difficile est saturam non scribere
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- scribere; describere; exsequi (aliquid verbis); componere; pingere; explicare; narrare; enarrare; -
8 Писать
- scribere; conscribere (libros); garrire (libros); facere (litteras ad aliquem); notare; paginare;• писать в ответ - rescribere;
• писать картину - pingere;
• уметь писать и читать - litteras scire;
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[st1]1 [-] scrībo, ĕre, scripsi, scriptum: - tr. - - cf. gr. γράϕω. - parf. sync. scripsti Plaut. As. 802, scripstis Enn. Tr. 239 ; inf. scripse LuciL. Sat. 29, 26. a - tracer, marquer avec le style, écrire. - lineam scribere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 113: tracer une ligne. - scribere cervum servumque u et o litteris, Quint. 1, 7, 26: écrire les mots cervum, servum avec un u et un o [uo ; ex. seruom]. --- cf. Quint. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20, etc. - litterae, quibus scita scribuntur, Cic. Leg. 2, 11: les caractères, avec lesquels sont écrits les décrets. - terra scripta cum r uno, Varr. L. 5, 21: terra écrit avec un seul r. - alicui stigmata scribere, Quint. 7, 4, 14, stigmatiser qqn. - poét. scribere arva sanguineo gyro, Stat. Th. 11, 514: tracer sur le sol un cercle de sang. --- cf. Catul. 37, 10. - fugitivo stigmata scribere, Quint. 7: marquer au fer rouge un esclave fugitif. - ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud.: les ongles égratignant les deux joues. b - mettre par écrit, composer, écrire. - scribere historiam, Cic. Br. 287: écrire un ouvrage historique. - scripta multa sunt et scribentur fortasse plura, Cic. Fin. 1, 11: j'ai beaucoup écrit et j'écrirai peut-être davantage. - scribere laudationem mortis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 116: écrire, composer un éloge de la mort. - scribere multa praeclare, Cic. Br. 32: composer beaucoup d'écrits remarquables. - scribere librum, Cic. CM 54: composer un livre. - scribere litteras ad aliquem, Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3: écrire une lettre à qqn. - in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute, Cic. Lael. 4: dans mon Cato Major, qui t'a été dédié et qui traite de la vieillesse. - litterae honorificentissime scriptae, Cic. Att. 14, 13 b, 2: une lettre écrite en termes si flatteurs. c - rédiger, établir officiellement. - [des lois, un sénatusconsulte]. --- Cic. Rep. 2, 54 ; 2, 61; Verr. 5, 177 ; Fam. 15, 6, 2, etc. - [un testament, un traité]. --- Cic. de Or. 2, 24 ; Liv. 42, 12, 5. - non scripta, sed nata lex, Cic. Mil. 10: une loi non écrite, mais innée. --- cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 13. - scribendo adesse, Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 ; ad scribendum esse, Cic. Att 1, 19, 9: assister à la rédaction d'un sénatusconsulte. - decemviros legibus scribendis creavimus, Liv. 4: nous avons créé les décemvirs pour rédiger nos lois. - scribere: employer tels ou tels termes dans un acte. --- Cic. Br. 195 ; 197. - quod scriptum est, Cic. Br. 196: la lettre d'un acte. - scripsit ut heredes jurarent se curaturos ut ex sua cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: il rédigea cette clause: les héritiers devaient jurer de faire passer à Trébonius au moins la moitié de leur part. - [rédiger des discours déjà prononcés]. --- Cic. Br. 91: Tusc. 4, 55. d - écrire = décrire, raconter. - scribere rem versibus, Enn. d. Cic. Br. 76: raconter les faits en vers, traiter un sujet en vers. - scribere res gestas alicujus, Hor. P. 74: écrire les exploits de qqn. - scribere bellum, Liv. 21, 1, 1: raconter une guerre. - scriberis hostium victor, Hor. O. 1, 6, 1: tu seras (décrit) célébré dans ta victoire sur les ennemis. - scribere + prop. inf.: écrire que, mentionner que, raconter que. - Africanum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere, Cic. Rep. 1, 27: Caton écrit que l'Africain avait l'habitude de dire... - haec avis scribitur solere... Cic. Nat. 2, 124: on raconte que cet oiseau a l'habitude. --- cf. Tusc. 1, 114. - scriptum est quaesivisse Socratem... Cic. Div. 1, 123: on rapporte que Socrate demanda... (nous lisons que...). g - écrire, composer, faire des ouvrages. - Tarentinis scribere, Cic. Fin. 1, 7: écrire pour les gens de Tarente. - Plato quo nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 21: Platon, que personne ne surpassa comme écrivain. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 13. h - faire savoir par écrit, par lettre, écrire. - scribere ad aliquem (scribere alicui), Cic.: écrire à qqn. - scribere ad aliquem de aliquo accuratissime, Cic.: recommander chaleureusement une personne à qqn. - Brundisio proficiscens scripseram ad te quas ob causas in Epirum non essemus profecti, Cic. Att. 3: en partant de Brindes, je t'ai écrit pour quelles raisons je ne suis pas allé en Epire. - scribes ad me, Cic. Att. 5, 4 2: tu m'écriras. - scripsi ad Lamiam, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 3: j'ai écrit à Lamia. - ut scribis, Cic. Att. 3, 27: comme tu me le dis dans ta lettre. - scripsi ad te de Varronis erga me officio, Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1: je t'ai parlé des bons offices de Varron à mon égard. --- cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 11, etc. - avec prop. inf. Graeceius ad me scripsit C. Cassium sibi scripsisse... Cic. Att. 15, 8, 2: Graeceius m'a écrit que C. Cassius lui avait écrit que... ii - écrire de (avec idée d'ordre, de conseil). - scribere ut + subj.: donner par écrit l'ordre de, écrire de. - scripsit (ut) veniret: il lui a écrit de venir. - scribit Labieno... veniat, Caes. BG. 5, 46, 4: il écrit à Labiénus de venir. --- cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2 fin. - scripsit ne veniret: il lui a écrit de ne pas venir. - sua manu scripsit ne timeret statimque ad se veniret, Nep.: il lui écrivit de sa main de ne pas craindre et de venir aussitôt chez lui. - ad me scripsit, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 2: il m'a écrit de venir le plus tôt possible en Italie. --- cf. Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1. - scribam ad illos ut... ne cui negent, Cic. Phil. 2, 32: je leur écrirai de ne répondre non à personne. - Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret, Liv. 30, 23, 5: [il disait] qu'il fallait écrire à Scipion de ne pas ralentir la guerre. - avec inf. Tac. An. 15, 25. jj - fig. graver, dessiner, broder, peindre. - scribere acu, Sil. 14: broder. - scribere animo (scribere in animo): graver dans son esprit. - mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo, Ter.: ces paroles sont gravées dans mon coeur. - scripsit Apollinem, Plin.: il peignit Apollon. - frontem tabernae sopionibus scribam, Catul. 37: je peindrai des inscriptions obscènes sur la façade de votre taverne. - tibi scribetur forma et situs agri, Hor. Ep. 1: on te dessinera le plan de la campagne. - scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus, Prop. 1: le nom de Cynthie est gravée sur vos écorces. - scriberis Vario fortis et hostium victor, Hor. C. 1: Varius célébrera ton courage et tes victoires sur l'ennemi. k - inscrire, enrôler des soldats. - Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1 ; Sall. C. 32, 1; J. 43, 3 ; Liv. 21, 40, 3, etc. - scribere sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, Liv. 10, 1, 1: inscrire six mille colons pour Albe chez les Eques. - fig. scribe tui gregis hunc, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13: inscris-le dans ta troupe, parmi tes compagnons. ll - mentionner qqn dans son testament, instituer qqn comme héritier. - scribere aliquem heredem, Cic. Mil. 48: instituer qqn héritier. - scribere aliquem secundum heredem, Sall. J. 65, 1,: instituer qqn héritier en second. --- cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 48. m - inscrire sur le livre de comptes. - scribere nummos, Plaut. As. 440: faire un billet [de reconnaissance d'une dette]. --- cf. Dig. 26, 7, 9, 7. - scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, Hor. S, 2, 3, 69: fais souscrire dix billets avec les formules dictées par Nérius. - Lutius Titius scripsi me accepisse, Dig.: je, soussigné, Lutius Titius, reconnais avoir reçu... [st1]2 [-] scrībo, ōnis, m.: qui inscrit, recruteur. - S.-Greg. Ep. 12, 30.* * *[st1]1 [-] scrībo, ĕre, scripsi, scriptum: - tr. - - cf. gr. γράϕω. - parf. sync. scripsti Plaut. As. 802, scripstis Enn. Tr. 239 ; inf. scripse LuciL. Sat. 29, 26. a - tracer, marquer avec le style, écrire. - lineam scribere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 113: tracer une ligne. - scribere cervum servumque u et o litteris, Quint. 1, 7, 26: écrire les mots cervum, servum avec un u et un o [uo ; ex. seruom]. --- cf. Quint. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20, etc. - litterae, quibus scita scribuntur, Cic. Leg. 2, 11: les caractères, avec lesquels sont écrits les décrets. - terra scripta cum r uno, Varr. L. 5, 21: terra écrit avec un seul r. - alicui stigmata scribere, Quint. 7, 4, 14, stigmatiser qqn. - poét. scribere arva sanguineo gyro, Stat. Th. 11, 514: tracer sur le sol un cercle de sang. --- cf. Catul. 37, 10. - fugitivo stigmata scribere, Quint. 7: marquer au fer rouge un esclave fugitif. - ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud.: les ongles égratignant les deux joues. b - mettre par écrit, composer, écrire. - scribere historiam, Cic. Br. 287: écrire un ouvrage historique. - scripta multa sunt et scribentur fortasse plura, Cic. Fin. 1, 11: j'ai beaucoup écrit et j'écrirai peut-être davantage. - scribere laudationem mortis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 116: écrire, composer un éloge de la mort. - scribere multa praeclare, Cic. Br. 32: composer beaucoup d'écrits remarquables. - scribere librum, Cic. CM 54: composer un livre. - scribere litteras ad aliquem, Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3: écrire une lettre à qqn. - in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute, Cic. Lael. 4: dans mon Cato Major, qui t'a été dédié et qui traite de la vieillesse. - litterae honorificentissime scriptae, Cic. Att. 14, 13 b, 2: une lettre écrite en termes si flatteurs. c - rédiger, établir officiellement. - [des lois, un sénatusconsulte]. --- Cic. Rep. 2, 54 ; 2, 61; Verr. 5, 177 ; Fam. 15, 6, 2, etc. - [un testament, un traité]. --- Cic. de Or. 2, 24 ; Liv. 42, 12, 5. - non scripta, sed nata lex, Cic. Mil. 10: une loi non écrite, mais innée. --- cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 13. - scribendo adesse, Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 ; ad scribendum esse, Cic. Att 1, 19, 9: assister à la rédaction d'un sénatusconsulte. - decemviros legibus scribendis creavimus, Liv. 4: nous avons créé les décemvirs pour rédiger nos lois. - scribere: employer tels ou tels termes dans un acte. --- Cic. Br. 195 ; 197. - quod scriptum est, Cic. Br. 196: la lettre d'un acte. - scripsit ut heredes jurarent se curaturos ut ex sua cujusque parte ne minus dimidium ad Trebonium perveniret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: il rédigea cette clause: les héritiers devaient jurer de faire passer à Trébonius au moins la moitié de leur part. - [rédiger des discours déjà prononcés]. --- Cic. Br. 91: Tusc. 4, 55. d - écrire = décrire, raconter. - scribere rem versibus, Enn. d. Cic. Br. 76: raconter les faits en vers, traiter un sujet en vers. - scribere res gestas alicujus, Hor. P. 74: écrire les exploits de qqn. - scribere bellum, Liv. 21, 1, 1: raconter une guerre. - scriberis hostium victor, Hor. O. 1, 6, 1: tu seras (décrit) célébré dans ta victoire sur les ennemis. - scribere + prop. inf.: écrire que, mentionner que, raconter que. - Africanum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere, Cic. Rep. 1, 27: Caton écrit que l'Africain avait l'habitude de dire... - haec avis scribitur solere... Cic. Nat. 2, 124: on raconte que cet oiseau a l'habitude. --- cf. Tusc. 1, 114. - scriptum est quaesivisse Socratem... Cic. Div. 1, 123: on rapporte que Socrate demanda... (nous lisons que...). g - écrire, composer, faire des ouvrages. - Tarentinis scribere, Cic. Fin. 1, 7: écrire pour les gens de Tarente. - Plato quo nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 21: Platon, que personne ne surpassa comme écrivain. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 13. h - faire savoir par écrit, par lettre, écrire. - scribere ad aliquem (scribere alicui), Cic.: écrire à qqn. - scribere ad aliquem de aliquo accuratissime, Cic.: recommander chaleureusement une personne à qqn. - Brundisio proficiscens scripseram ad te quas ob causas in Epirum non essemus profecti, Cic. Att. 3: en partant de Brindes, je t'ai écrit pour quelles raisons je ne suis pas allé en Epire. - scribes ad me, Cic. Att. 5, 4 2: tu m'écriras. - scripsi ad Lamiam, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 3: j'ai écrit à Lamia. - ut scribis, Cic. Att. 3, 27: comme tu me le dis dans ta lettre. - scripsi ad te de Varronis erga me officio, Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1: je t'ai parlé des bons offices de Varron à mon égard. --- cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 11, etc. - avec prop. inf. Graeceius ad me scripsit C. Cassium sibi scripsisse... Cic. Att. 15, 8, 2: Graeceius m'a écrit que C. Cassius lui avait écrit que... ii - écrire de (avec idée d'ordre, de conseil). - scribere ut + subj.: donner par écrit l'ordre de, écrire de. - scripsit (ut) veniret: il lui a écrit de venir. - scribit Labieno... veniat, Caes. BG. 5, 46, 4: il écrit à Labiénus de venir. --- cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2 fin. - scripsit ne veniret: il lui a écrit de ne pas venir. - sua manu scripsit ne timeret statimque ad se veniret, Nep.: il lui écrivit de sa main de ne pas craindre et de venir aussitôt chez lui. - ad me scripsit, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 2: il m'a écrit de venir le plus tôt possible en Italie. --- cf. Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1. - scribam ad illos ut... ne cui negent, Cic. Phil. 2, 32: je leur écrirai de ne répondre non à personne. - Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret, Liv. 30, 23, 5: [il disait] qu'il fallait écrire à Scipion de ne pas ralentir la guerre. - avec inf. Tac. An. 15, 25. jj - fig. graver, dessiner, broder, peindre. - scribere acu, Sil. 14: broder. - scribere animo (scribere in animo): graver dans son esprit. - mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo, Ter.: ces paroles sont gravées dans mon coeur. - scripsit Apollinem, Plin.: il peignit Apollon. - frontem tabernae sopionibus scribam, Catul. 37: je peindrai des inscriptions obscènes sur la façade de votre taverne. - tibi scribetur forma et situs agri, Hor. Ep. 1: on te dessinera le plan de la campagne. - scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus, Prop. 1: le nom de Cynthie est gravée sur vos écorces. - scriberis Vario fortis et hostium victor, Hor. C. 1: Varius célébrera ton courage et tes victoires sur l'ennemi. k - inscrire, enrôler des soldats. - Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1 ; Sall. C. 32, 1; J. 43, 3 ; Liv. 21, 40, 3, etc. - scribere sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, Liv. 10, 1, 1: inscrire six mille colons pour Albe chez les Eques. - fig. scribe tui gregis hunc, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13: inscris-le dans ta troupe, parmi tes compagnons. ll - mentionner qqn dans son testament, instituer qqn comme héritier. - scribere aliquem heredem, Cic. Mil. 48: instituer qqn héritier. - scribere aliquem secundum heredem, Sall. J. 65, 1,: instituer qqn héritier en second. --- cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 48. m - inscrire sur le livre de comptes. - scribere nummos, Plaut. As. 440: faire un billet [de reconnaissance d'une dette]. --- cf. Dig. 26, 7, 9, 7. - scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, Hor. S, 2, 3, 69: fais souscrire dix billets avec les formules dictées par Nérius. - Lutius Titius scripsi me accepisse, Dig.: je, soussigné, Lutius Titius, reconnais avoir reçu... [st1]2 [-] scrībo, ōnis, m.: qui inscrit, recruteur. - S.-Greg. Ep. 12, 30.* * *Scribo, scribis, scripsi, scriptum, scribere. Escrire.\Corticibus scribere. Propert. En escorce.\Scribere sua manu. Cic. Escrire de sa propre main.\Alicui salutem scribere. Plaut. Le saluer, ou se recommander à luy par lettres.\Scribere. Terent. Escrire, Composer, ou faire quelque euvre et livre.\De malis Graecis Latine scripta deterius. Ci. Livres plus mal couchez en Latin, qu'ils n'estoyent en Grec dont ils sont prins.\Aliquem haeredem scribere. Martial. Faire son heritier.\Scribere seruo libertatem. Vlp. Luy laisser liberté par testament, Ordonner par testament qu'il soit mis en liberté.\Nummos alicui scribere. Plautus. Faire bailler argent par la banque.\Supplementum scribere legionibus. Cic. Parfournir les legions.\In animo scribere. Terent. Imprimer en l'esprit.\In aqua scribere. Catul. Oublier.\Scribere. Plin. Peindre. -
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schreiben, I) mit der Feder zeichnen, scribere (im allg., tr. u. intr., auch = sich im Schreiben üben). – exarare(tr. vermittels eines eisernen Griffels [stilus genannt] auf eine mit Wachs überzogene Tafel eindrücken, flüchtig aufschreiben). – schreiben (u. lesen) können, litteras scire: nicht sch. (u. lesen) können, litteras nescire: der nicht sch. (u. lesen) kann, litterarum nescius. – Buchstaben sch., litteras scribere od. facere: hübsch, schön (eine hübsche, schöne Hand) sch., decore scribere: etwas hübsch sch., alqd lepidā manu scribere: mit großen, sehr großen Buchstaben sch., litteris grandibus od. maximis scribere alqd: ein sehr klein (mit sehr kleinen Buchstaben) geschriebenes Heft, commentarii minutissime scripti. – etwas auf od. in etwas sch., describere in alqa re (z.B. carmen in cortice arboris); inscribere in alqa re (z.B. nomen suum in monumento, in statua); incīdere in alqa re od. in alqd (mit einem Schneidewerkzeug eingraben, s. eingraben no. II): referre in alqd (einschreiben, eintragen, z.B. in commentarios). – es steht geschrieben auf od. in etwas, scriptum oder inscriptum est in alqa re: es steht auf eines jeden Stirn geschrieben, wie er gegen den Staat gesinnt ist, est inscriptum in unius cuiusque fronte, quid de republica sentiat: jmdm. gutschreiben, acceptum referre alci (als empfangen); expensumferre (als ausgezahlt) sich schreiben, so u. so, alci est nomen mit folg. Nominat. od. Dativ, seltener Genet. des Namens (es hat jmd. den Namen): er schreibt sich mit dem d (d. i. sein Name wird mit dem d geschrieben), nomen eius dlitterā scribitur.
II) schriftlich darstellen, abfassen: scribere (im allg. und nur da ohne Akkusativ, wo sich dieser aus dem Zshg. ergibt, z.B. einen Brief). – conscribere (schreibend abfassen, verfertigen, z.B. ein Gesetz, ein Testament, einen Brief). – litteris mandare. litteris consignare ([christlich aufzeichnen). – memoriae prodere oder tradere (schriftlich überliefern, vom Geschichtschreiber). – exarare (flüchtig aufsetzen, z.B. einen Brief). – libros scribere od. conscribere (Bücher schreiben, schriftstellern). – aliquid scribere (schreiben, absol.). – jmdm. oder an jmd. od. an einen Ort schreiben, a) absolut = einen Brief schreiben: epistulam od. litteras scribere ad alqm (auch »über etwas«, de alqa re); epistulam conscribere alci, über etw, de alqa re (abfassen); litteras alqm dare od. mittere (einen Brief an jmd. richten, abgehen lassen): nach Rom sch., litteras Romam dare: nach Europa schr., litteras in Europam scribere od. mittere. – b) m. folg. Inhalt des Geschriebenen: litteras mittere [2066] mit Akk. u. Infin. od. (als Befehl, Auftrag) mit ut u. Konj. (einen Brief an jmd. schicken, des Inhalts etc.); scribere alci od. ad alqm mit Akk. u. Infin. oder mit ut u. Konj. (jmdm. schriftlich zu wissen tun, melden, auftragen); alqm per litteras certiorem facere de alqa re oder mit Akk. u. Infin. (jmdm. Meldung machen von einem Vorfall etc.). – über jmd. od. über etwas sch., scribere de alqo od. de alqa re, an jmd., alci od. ad alqm (im allg.); epistulam conscribere de alqa re, an jmd. alci (einen Brief abfassen über etc.); componere aliquid de alqo (irgend etw. über jmd. abfassen); librum scribere de alqa re (eine Schrift schreiben über etwas); librum edere de alqa re (eine Schrift herausgeben über etc.). – gegen jmd. sch., scribere in od. adversus alqm (im allg.); librum edere contra alqm (eine Schrift herausgeben gegen jmd.); rescribere alcis libro (gegen eine Schrift jmds. schreiben). – einander (Briefe) sch., litteras dare et accipere: fleißig sch., impigrum esse in scribendo: oft sch., scriptitare: häufiger (Briefe) sch., crebriorem esse in scribendo: jmdm. wieder sch., litteris rescribere od. respondere. – schön (einen schönen Stil) schreiben, eleganter, bene, ornate scribere. – er hat nichts geschrieben, nulla eius ingenii monumenta mandata litteris exstant: gar nichts, litteram nullam scripsit od. reliquit. – es steht geschrieben, scriptum est mit Akk. u. Infin. od. (als Befehl) mit ut u. Konj. od. mit folg. direkter Angabe der Worte, die geschrieben stehen (z.B. itaque non est scriptum: si insanus,sed si furiosus escit);legimus mit Akk. u. Infin. (wir lesen). – es steht von od. über jmd. geschrieben, scribitur alqs mit folg. Infin. – es steht in einem Buche geschrieben, scriptum est in libro; legitur in libro (es wird gelesen); continetur libro (es ist enthalten); invenitur in li bro (es wird gefunden); scriptum invenitur in libro (es wird geschrieben gefunden): in den Akten geschrieben stehen, in actis esse od. relatum esse: es steht bei Plato geschrieben, est od. scriptum est apud Platonem; lego od. legimus od. legitur apud Platonem: wie in der Bibel geschrieben steht, utod. sicut sanctae litterae docent.
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11 scribo
scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,I.In gen.A.Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):B.in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:litteras, tabellas,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:(littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,
Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,
id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,
Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,
id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:in aquā,
Cat. 68, 4; cf.also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,
Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):scribere decore,
to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:erat scriptum ipsius manu,
Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:suā manu scripsit,
Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,
has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,
Cat. 37, 10:(Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,
draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,
i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,
Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:II.inscripta, insculpta),
Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,
Stat. Th. 11, 514.—In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).(α).With acc.:(β).quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,
id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,historiam,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:bellum,
Liv. 21, 1:res gestas,
Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:librum de rebus rusticis,
Cic. Sen. 15, 54:scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,
id. Lael. 1, 4:carmen in aliquem,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:libellos,
Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:notas,
id. ib. 3, 2, 90:Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):versus,
Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:carmina,
id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:poëmata,
id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):formam et situm agri alicui,
to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,
Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:haec scripsi properans,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,
id. ib. 3, 9, 3:litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,
Liv. 41, 16:plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,
Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,
id. ib. 6, 4, 11:haec ad te scripsi verbosius,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:scriptā jam epistulā superiore,
id. ib. 1, 9, 26:non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,
id. Att. 4, 4, a:epistulam,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:scribere salutem,
to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:laudes atque gratias populo Romano,
Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,
written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,
Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,
id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—With object-clause:(γ).in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,
id. ib. 2, 13, 2:quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,
id. ib. 3, 13, 1:Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,
id. ib. 15, 8, 2:Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,
Quint. 11, 1, 92:post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,
Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—With rel.-clause:(δ).nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,
Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,
id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,
id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—Absol.:B.quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,
Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,
Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,
Hor. A. P. 38:sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,
id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,
Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,
id. ib. 6, 2, 8:denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,
Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,
Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,
id. ib. 3, 27:nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,
id. ib. 14, 12, 3:senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,
id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,
id. ib. 5, 8, 3:in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,
id. ib. 2, 16, 11:ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,
id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,
Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,
id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,
Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,
Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,
Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,
Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:scriptum est,
i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.1.Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:2.quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,leges,
id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,
Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,
Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,
Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:quod me esse ad scribendum vides,
id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,
to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:b.milites,
Sall. J. 43, 3:legiones,
id. C. 32, 1:exercitui supplementum,
id. J. 39, 2:supplementum legionibus,
Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:exercitum,
id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:equites,
id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:socios navales,
id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:socios scribere in urbem,
id. 4, 11, 4.—Poet., transf.:3.scribe tui gregis hunc,
enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):A.Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,
Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,
id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,
Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 3, 108:quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,
Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:aliquem coheredem,
Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:aliquem exheredem,
to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,
to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:libertatem servo,
to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:scribit nummos,
id. ib. 2, 4, 34:sibi creditam pecuniam,
Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,
ib. 4, 4, 17:lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,
ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,(Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:B.in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,
Quint. 11, 2, 38;v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—(Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):2.ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,
the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,
have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,
id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!
id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,
Quint. 1, 1, 15:Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,
without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,
id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:laudavit pater scripto meo,
in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:adire aliquem scripto,
Tac. H. 4, 39:cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,
writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,
id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:scripta recitare,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,
id. ib. 1, 10, 56:Graecorum Scripta optima,
id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:si non accipiet scriptum,
Ov. A. A. 1, 469:debueram scripto certior esse tuo,
id. H. 6, 4.—(Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,
Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:(Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,
id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:(senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,
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contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.I.Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).A.Local.1.Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.a.With verb of being or position expressed or understood.(α).Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
13 contra dicta
contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.I.Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).A.Local.1.Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.a.With verb of being or position expressed or understood.(α).Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
14 littera
littera, ae, f. (lino), der Buchstabe, I) eig.: A littera, Cic., u. littera A, Vitr.: U et O litterae, Quint.: verba ac litterae legis, der B. des G. (Ggstz. sententia voluntasque), Cic. – nescius litterarum, der nicht schreiben kann, Varro: ignarus litterarum et carminum, Tac.: lenis appellatio litterarum, Cic.: litterarum ductus, Züge der B., Quint.: prima litterarum elementa, das ABC, Alphabet, Quint.: litterae figura, Plin.: litterarum formae, Cic., Quint. u. Tac.: Graecae litterae imago, quae delta dicitur, Mela (vgl. Delta, quod nomen a similitudine litterae accepit, Auct. b. Alex.): litterarum inventores, Tac.: miraculum litterarum (der B. = der Schreibkunst), Liv.: litterarum u. priscarum litterarum notae (Schriftzeichen), Cic.: litterarum nomina, Vib. Sequ.: litterarum nomina et contextus, Quint.: litterarum ordo, Plin. u. Suet.: series litterarum, Amm.: scientia litterarum, Schreibkunst, Paul. dig. 29, 2, 93. § 1 (vesch. von unten no. II, B, 2, c): litterarum simulacra, Sen.: homo trium litterarum, d.i. FUR, der Dieb, Plaut.: is (magister pastorum) sine litteris (ohne lesen u. schreiben zu können) idoneus non est, Varro. – litterae argenteae, Cic., aureae, Tac.: unius et viginti litterarum formae aureae, Cic.: littera (die Schriftzüge AI) communis pueroque viroque, Ov.: litterae cruentae, Cic.: eburneae litterarum formae, Quint.: littera finalis, Endbuchstabe, Macr.: funesta (die Schriftzüge der Totenklage AI), Ov.: litterae grandes, Unzial-, Versalbuchstaben, Cic.: littera Graeca, Cic. u.a.: quattuor atque viginti Graecae litterae, Aur. Vict.: litterae inanes (tote), Liv. 3, 56, 13 u. 33, 31, 2 (versch. von unten no. II, B, 2, b): lapidariae, Steinschrift, Lapidarschrift, Petron.: Latinae, Cic. u. Tac.: lepidae, Plaut.: littera longa, Plaut.: litterae maximae, Unzialbuchstaben, Cic.: minutae, Plaut. u. Cic.: minutulae, Vopisc., minutissimae, Suet.: littera quadrata, Unzialschrift, Petron.: litterae oblitteratae, Tac.: priscae, Cic. u. Liv.: littera salutaris (das A als Abkürzung von absolvo), Ggstz. littera tristis (das C als Abkürzung von condemno), Cic. Mil. 15: littera sanguinolenta, Ov.: litterae veterrimae Graecorum, Tac. – tres litteras adicere (sc. Latinis litteris), Tac.: obscenius concurrunt litterae, Cic.: Helvetiorum tabulae litteris Graecis confectae, Caes.: epistula Graecis conscripta litteris, Caes.: tabula conscripta litteris verbisque Graecis, Suet.: alqd litteris consignare od. custodire, etw. schriftlich aufzeichnen, Cic.: hinc liber non parum continet litterarum, ist schon ausführlich genug geworden, Cic.: eos versus in litteras dare, niederschreiben, Macr.: digerere in litteram, alphabetisch ordnen, Sen.: litteras discere, das Alphabet lernen, Plaut.: litterarum nomina et contextum prius quam formas discere, Quint.: apud alqm litteras discere, bei jmd. lesen lernen, Cic.: littera pro verbis, quam pes in pulvere duxit, Schriftzeichen, die der Fuß im St. zog, Ov.: reliquas gemmas per litterarum ordinem (in alphabetischer Ordnung) explicare, Plin.: nulla quae possit exstat littera Nasonis sanguinolenta legi, Ov.: ne illi sit cera, ubi facere possit litteras (schreiben könne), Plaut.: ne litteram quidem ullam focimus (habe geschrieben) nisi forensem, Cic.: ex se facere litteram longam (ein I), sich aufhängen, Plaut.: eius diei senatus consulta aureis litteris figere in curia, in goldener Schrift an der Kurie anbringen, Tac.: littera fundit se (zerfließt auf dem Papier), Plin.: haerere circa litterarum formas, noch beim Buchstabieren stehen, Quint.: rostro humi A litteram imprimere (v. Schwein), Cic.: litteras incīdere in lignum, Gell.: grandibus litteris nomen incīdere, Cic.: foedus litteris incīdere, Liv.: in basi statuarum maximis litteris incisum esse, Cic.: de alqa re littera nulla in eorum scriptis invenitur, Cic.: legere (lesen können) litteras minutulas, Vopisc.: alqd litteris mandare, niederschreiben, Cic. u. Caes.: ad me litteram numquam misit, Cic. (u. so ellipt., neque ullam litteram ad me, verst. misit, Cic.): alqm (= alcis vitam) in litteras mittere, jmds. Leben niederschreiben, Vopisc.: vellem nescirem litteras! u. quam vellem nescire litteras! o daß ich doch nicht schreiben könnte! Sen. de clem. 2, 1, 2 u. Suet. Ner. 10, 2 (versch. von unten no. II, B, 2, c): litteris parcere, das Papier schonen, Cic.: nullam litteram pupillo, nullam matri eius, nullam tutoribus reddidit, gab dafür keinen B., Cic.: vitam alcis in litteras referre, niederschreiben, Vopisc.: sedecim litterarum formas repperisse, Tac.: litteram nullam reliquisse (hinterlassen haben), Cic.: littera alia aliam scandit, Plaut.: scire litteras, die B. kennen = lesen od. schreiben können, Plaut. truc. 735. Cornif. rhet. 3, 30. Vitr. 1, 1, 4; dah. auch = die Buchführung verstehen, Cic. de rep. 5, 5 (versch. von unten no. II, B, 2, c): si unam litteram Graecam scisset (verstanden hätte), Cic. Verr. 4, 127: lapidarias litteras scire, die Lapidarschrift kennen, Petron. 58, 7: nullam litteram scripsisse (schriftlich aufgezeichnet haben, v. einem Dichter), Cic.: has (litteras) gallina scripsit, Plaut.: super (oben über der Tür) quadratā litterā scriptum CAVE CANEM, Petron.: lex vetusta est, priscis litteris verbisque scripta, Liv.: litterarum ductus sequi, Quint.: sonos vocis paucis litterarum notis terminare, auf nur w. B. beschränken = mit nur w. B. bezeichnen, Cic.: locum (eine Stelle aus einem Buche) ad litteras subicere, buchstäblich unten anführen, Ouint.: ut plerique in litteras tradunt, schriftlich überliefern, Spart.: in reliquis rebus Graecis litteris uti, Caes.: suis litteris perverse uti, von der Rechten zur Linken schreiben (von den Ägyptern), Mela.
II) meton.: A) Sing. littera, 1) die Schriftzüge, die Handschrift jmds., Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, weil sie deinen Schriftzügen so ganz ähnlich war, Cic. ad Att. 7, 2, 3.
2) poet. statt Plur. litterae, das Geschriebene, die Aufzeichnung, a) das Schreiben, der Brief, Ov. her. 3, 1; 5, 2; 6, 9; 12, 114; amor. 1, 12, 2; met. 9, 515 u.a. Tibull. 3, 2, 27. Mart. 10, 73, 1. Vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 685. – b) eine Handschrift = eine Schuldverschreibung, ein Schuldschein, littera poscetur, Ov. art. am. 1, 428. – c) eine Grabschrift, in sepulchro si non urna, tamen iunget nos littera, Ov. met. 11, 706. – d) die Literaturrichtung, Ov. trist. 5, 3, 54.
B) Plur. litterae, das Geschriebene, 1) im allg., die schriftliche Aufzeichnung, quod parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere, Liv. 6, 1, 2: rarae per ea tempora litterae erant, Liv. 7, 3, 6: eos, qui discunt, litteris confisos minus memoriae studere, Caes. b. G. 6, 14, 4 (versch. litteris confidere unten no. II, B, 2, c aus Vitr. 1, 1, 2): sed, quod litteris exstet (soweit die schr. Aufz. reicht), Pherecydes Syrius primus dixit animos esse hominum sempiternos, Cic. Tusc. 1, 38: sed propria legis et ea, quae scripta sunt, et ea, quae sine litteris (ohne geschrieben zu sein) aut gentium iure aut maiorum more retinentur, Cic. part. or. 130.
2) insbes.: a) die Schrift, das Schriftstück, der Aufsatz, das Dokument, die Urkunde, die Verfügung, der Kontrakt, meae litterae, Cic.: litterae divinae, sanctae, heilige Schrift, Bibel, Lact.: dass. litterae sacrae, Augustin.: Graecae de philosophia litterae, Cic.: priscae Graecorum litterae, Cic.: litterae ad sacra pertinentes, Ritualbücher, Lact.: litterae publicae (Urkunden), Cic.: litterae imperatorum, Schriftstücke, Dokumente, Tac.: hanc scientiam pluribus et illustrioribus litteris (Werke) explicare, Cic.: cedo mihi eiusdem praetoris litteras (Schriften, Protokolle) et rerum decretarum et frumenti imperati, Cic.: eos libros omnes litterasque deferre, Bücher u. Schriften (Weissagebücher, Gebetsformeln, Ritualbücher), Liv.: heres eius venit eo, ubi non modo res (das Vermögen) erat, sed ratio (Rechnungen) quoque omnis et omnes litterae (alle darauf bezüglichen Schriftstücke), Cic.: litteras (schriftliche Beweise) conquirere, Cic.: sanctae litterae docent (in der Bibel steht), m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Lact.: quas ego litteras (Urkunden) obsignandas publico signo et deportandas (hierher bringen) curavi, Cic.: cum ab omnibus (civitatibus Siciliae) mandata, legatos, litteras (Urkunden) testimoniaque sumpsissem (angenommen hatte), Cic.: hic propter magnitudinem furti sunt, ut opinor, litterae factae, ist ein Kaufbrief (Kaufkontrakt) angefertigt worden, Cic.: litteras (das Ernennungsschreiben, Diplom) revocavit, Suet.
b) der Brief, das Schreiben, auch ein amtliches, der Bericht, der Erlaß, die Botschaft, Depesche, der Auftrag (vgl. epistula), litterae ab alqo, Caes.: litterae ad alqm, Cic.: litterae in (gegen) alqm, Tac. ann. 6, 9: ecce tuae litterae de Varrone, Cic. – nuntii litteraeque, litterae nuntiique, Caes. – litterae regis, Liv.: litterae Caesaris, Caes.: litterae grates agentes, Danksagungsschreiben, Tac.: litterae commendantium, Empfehlungsschreiben, Fronto: litterae paucorum versuum (Zeilen), Liv. – res dignae litteris nostris, die verdienen, daß ich sie dir mitteile, Cic.: ad litteras scribendas pigerrimus, Cael. in Cic. ep.: tempus mutum a litteris, Cic. – fasciculus litterarum, Cic.: libri (Faszikel) allatarum (angekommener) u. missarum (abgegangener) litterarum, Cic.: vicissitudo litterarum, Briefwechsel, Hieron. epist. 8 in. – tanta auctoritas litterarum, so wichtige Briefe, Cic.: brevitas tuarum litterarum, Cic.: tanta erat crebritas litterarum, Cic.: nullus delectus litterarum, Cic.: litterarum tuarum accuratissima diligentia, Cic.: exemplum (Abschrift) Caesaris litterarum, Cic.: humanitas litterarum tuarum, Cic.: inconstantia mearum litterarum, Cic.: inopia testium ac litterarum, Cic.: intermissio litterarum tuarum, Cic.: si intervallum longius erit mearum litterarum, Cic.: litterarum multitudine alci molestiorem esse, Cic.: litterarum neglegentia, Saumseligkeit im Briefschreiben, Cic.: prudentia litterarum tuarum valde mihi grata est, Cic.: iucundus est mihi sermo litterarum tuarum, Cic. – litterae acerbae, acerbissimae, Cic.: satis aculeatae, Cic.: amabiles, Cic.: antemeridianae, am Vormittag eingetroffene od. empfangene (Ggstz. postmeridianae od. vespertinae), Cic.: antiquiores litterae, von früherem Datum, Cic.: ardentes in alqm litterae, Cic.: litterae argutissimae, Cic.: atrocissimae (entsetzlicher), Cic.: breves, Cic.: commendaticiae, Empfehlungsschreiben, Cic. u. ICt.: binae continuae, Cic.: commendatoriae, Empfehlungsschreiben, Sidon.: consolatoriae, Trostschreiben, Cic.: contrariae, Erlasse, die Widersprüche enthalten, Cic.: crebrae, Cic.: crebrae Pompei, Caes.: crebriores litterae nuntiique, Caes.: litterae dignae Ap. Claudio, Cic.: disertae, mit rednerischer Kunst geschriebener, Cic.: domesticae, Familienbriefe, Cic. ep. ad Brut.: exitiales, Liv.: exspectatissimae, Cic.: falsae, Cic. u. Liv.: frigidae et inconstantes Lepidi, Cic.: gratissimae, Cic.: gratulatoriae, Glückwunsch, Augustin.: litterae tuae mirabiliter gratae sunt senatui, Cic.: litterae humanissimae, Cic.: litterae illitteratissimae, Cic.: improbissimae, Cic.: Bibuli impudentissimae, Cic.: inanes (inhaltleere), Cic. ep. 6, 22, 1 (versch. von oben no. I): incorruptae, Cic.: iniquae, Unbilligkeiten enthaltende Erlasse, Cic.: inusitatae, etwas Ungewöhnliches enthaltende Erlasse, Cic.: iucundae mihi tuae de Britannia litterae, Cic.: laureatae litterae, Siegesnachrichten, Liv. (vgl. laureatus): litterae in Antonium admodum lenes, Cic. ep. ad Brut.: litterae paulo liberiores, Cic.: matutinae, am Morgen eingetroffene od. empfangene, Cic.: minaces et acerbae, Cic.: mordacissimae, Hieron.: novae, Cic.: odiosae, Cic.: Annali pergratae litterae tuae fuerunt, Cic.: litterae plenae amoris et officii, Cic.: plenae humanitatis, officii, dignitatis, Cic.: litterae alcis plenissimae amoris, humanitatis, officii, diligentiae, Cic.: litterae pomeridianae (postmeridianae), am Nachmittag eingetroffene od. empfangene, Cic.: litterae proximae (der letzte), Cic.: rarae, Cic.: publicae (amtliches), Cic.: recentissimae, Cic.: litterae Caesaris refertae omni officio, diligentiā, suavitate, Cic.: litterae superiores (vorige), Cic.: stomachosiores, Cic.: suaves, Cic.: tumultuosiores (beunruhigendes), Suet.: tristes, Cic.: tuae et unae et alterae litterae, Cic.: litterae uberiores, uberrimae, Cic.: litterae magnificis verbis, rerum vacuae, Tac.: litterae vehementes, Cic.: verbosiores alcis litterae, Nep.: litterae vespertinae, am Abend eingetroffene od. erhaltene (Ggstz. antemeridianae), Cic.: tuae litterae iam nimis veteres sunt, Cic.: Cassii litterae victrices, Siegesberichte, Siegesbotschaften, Cic.: litterae a scriba vitiatae, Liv. – ab alqo litteras accipere, Cic.: litteras Romae accipere, Cic.: accepisse alcis litteras a. d. quintum Terminalia Laodiceae, Cic.: litterae, quas proxime acceperam, Cic.: litteras adiungere (beischließen), Cic.: litteras afferre (überbringen), zB. is qui litteras attulit, der Überbringer des Br., Cic.: litterae afferuntur, treffen ein, zB. nimium raro nobis abs te litterae afferuntur, Cic.: alci afferuntur ex Asia cotidie litterae, Cic.: litterae allatae ab urbe, Liv.: libri (Faszikel) allatarum litterarum (Ggstz. libri missarum litterarum), Cic.: litterae tuae mihi somnum attulerunt, Cic.: litteras aperire, Cic.: alqm crebris litteris appellare, Cic.: litteras approbare (als den seinigen anerkennen), Cic. ep. ad Brut.: quod antiquior dies (älteres Datum) in tuis fuisset ascripta litteris quam in Caesaris, Cic.: assentiri litteris regis, Cic.: crebro illius litterae ab aliis ad nos commeant, Cic.; vgl. cum litterae per milites commearent (übermittelt wurden), Tac.: litteris Labieni certiorem fieri m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Caes.: cognoscere ex litteris, Cic., ex nuntiis litterisque, Caes.: per litteras tecum quam saepissime colloquor, Cic.: committere alqd litteris, Cic.: litteras temere committere non audere, Cic.: alci paulo liberiores litteras committere non audere, Cic.: litteras componere ad alqm, Tac. (vgl. litterae a Graccho compositae, Tac.): si sciant, quid litterarum et cuius generis conficiam, Cic.: hae litterae vehementer confirmabant (ermutigte) mentes oppidanorum, Auct. b. Hisp.: conquiescent litterae, nisi quid novi exstiterit, Cic.: dare litteras alci, einhändigen, zur Bestellung mitgeben, Cic.: ebenso dare alci litteras ad alqm (an jmd.), Cic.: aber dare litteras ad alqm, an jmd. ausfertigen, mit jmd. korrespondieren, an jmd. schreiben, Cic.: ebenso ad alqm accuratissimas litteras dare, Cic.: satis aculeatas ad Dolabellam litteras dedi, Cic.: u. nihil ad alqm dare litterarum, Cic.: inde has litteras postridie ante lucem dedi, Cic.: binas a te accepi litteras Corcyrae datas, Cic.: litterae datae Idibus Nov., mit dem Datum vom 13. Nov., Cic.: dedere alci litteras, einhändigen, zur Bestellung mitgeben, Cic.: litteras deferre ad alqm, Cic.: Leonidae litterae me non satis delectarunt, Cic.: vehementer delector tuis litteris, Cic.: describere alqd litteris, Cael. in Cic. ep.: desiderare alcis litteras, Cic.: elicere alcis litteras, Cic., alcis verbosiores litteras, Nep.: elicere alias ab alqo litteras, Cic.: exanimatus tuis litteris, Cic.: exarare litteras inter cenam, Cic. fr., ad alqm harum litterarum exemplum in codicillis, Cic.: litteras excĭdisse in via, seien unterwegs verloren gegangen, Cic.: alcis litteras exspectare, avide od. vehementer exspectare, cotidie exspectare, Cic.: statim extrudere (hinausjagen = in aller Eile abschicken) tabellarios litterasque ad Ciceronem, Cic. ep. ad Brut.: flagitare ab alqo promissa per litteras, Cic.: inde ad Antonium fratrem litteras facere (ausfertigen), Iustin. 27, 2, 6 (vgl. heri effeci epistulam ad Caesarem, Cic. ad Att. 13, 26, 2): gratulari alci litteris, Cic.: abs te proximas (letzten) litteras habebam Epheso a. d. V. Idus Sextil. datas, Cic.: impetrare alqd litteris paucorum versuum, Liv.: in ipsum discessum senatus incĭdisse credo meas litteras, Cic.: litterae incĭdunt in alienum, fallen in fremde Hand, Cic.: quantum ex tuis litteris intellegere potui, Cic.: litteras alcis intercipere, Cic. u.a.: litterae intereunt (gehen verloren), Cic.: invito eum per litteras, ut apud me deversetur, Cic.: alcis litteras legere, Cic., legisse libentissime, Cic.: aber legere (vorlesen) alci litteras, Tac.: tuae litterae planius loquebantur et uberius quam volgi sermo, Cic.: alci per litteras magnopere mandare, ne etc., Caes.: alci minari in litteris, Cic.: mittere alcis litteras ad alqm, Cic.: mittere ad alqm litteras, an jmd. einen Brief abgehen lassen = an jmd. schreiben, zB. confestim ad Caesarem, Caes.: domum ad se, Cic.: ad senatum populumque Rom. de rebus a se gestis, Liv.: Cn. Pompei litterae ad Hvpsaeum et Hypsaei ad Pompeium missae, Cic.: so auch litteras mittere (einen Brief schicken mit der Meldung, brieflich melden) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Auct. b. Hisp. 28, 2: litteras mittere ad alqm (den Auftrag schicken) mit folg. ut u. Konj., Hirt. b. G. 8, 6, 3 u.a. Caes. b. c. 1, 9, 3. Auct. b. Alex. 42, 5 u. 44, 2: ebenso litteras mittere alci, ut etc., Auct. b. Hisp. 4. § 4: u. litteras mittere ad alqm mit folg. bl. Konj., Caes. b. c. 3, 23, 3. Auct. b. Alex. 59, 3: litteras (schriftliche Aufforderung) nuntiosque ad alqm mittere mit folg. ne u. Konj., Caes. b. G. 1, 26, 6: queri apud alqm per litteras mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic.: lex litteras iudicum signis obsignari iubet, Cic.: obstrepere alcis litteris, Cic.: litteras perferre, richtig bestellen, Caes.: ad me mihi exspectatissimae litterae perferuntur, Cic.: unis litteris totius aestatis res gestas perscribere, Cic.: praemisit mihi odiosas litteras hoc exemplo, Cic.: recitare alcis litteras, Cic.: recitatis litteris per (von) Xenarchum praetorem, Liv.: reddere alci litteras, einhändigen, Cic. u.a.: crebro regustare alcis litteras, Cic.: litteras Caesari remittit (er berichtet an C. zurück) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Caes. b. G. 5, 47, 5: requirere alcis litteras, einen Br. von jmd. verlangen, Cic. ep. ad Brut.: litteras resignare, Cic.: rescribere ad eas litteras, ad eas ei litteras nihil, Cic.: alcis litteris respondere, brevi respondere, Cic.: litterae eorum decretis decumanorum remotae sunt, sind beiseite geschafft worden, Cic.: litteras alcis scindere (zerreißen), Cic.: litterae falsae, signo adulterino T. Quinctii signatae, Liv.: non nihil significabant (enthielt leise Andeutungen) tuae litterae m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. ep. 2, 13, 2: scribere litteras, Caes., ad alqm, Cic.: extemplo scribere litteras Romam, Liv.: de alqo ad alqm humanissimas litteras scribere, Cic.: litterae tam accurate scriptae, Cic. ep. ad Brut.: moderate et benigne scriptas esse censentes litteras, Liv.: ita sunt litterae humaniter scriptae, Cic. fr.: litterae scriptae humanissime, Cic.: Vettius testatur litteris tuum impudentissimum furtum, Cic.: ad tuas venio litteras, ich komme nun auf deinen Br., Cic.: a te litterae non venerunt (sind angekommen), Cael. in Cic. ep.: dum tibi litterae meae veniant, Cic.: litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur, es hieß, ein Kurier mit einer Depesche sei nach K. zu P. geeilt, Cic. c) wissenschaftliche Kenntnisse od. Bildung, Wissenschaften, Gelehrsamkeit, wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung, wissenschaftliche Studien, Sprachstudium, Sprachwissenschaft, Literatur, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, Cic.: litterarum scientia, Cic.: litterarum studium, Cic.: Graecarum litterarum doctor, Nep.: gymnasium litterarum, Sidon. epist. 1, 6, 2: civitas litterarum, Cassiod. var. 5, 22, 1. – litterae altiores, Plin.: communes (gewöhnliche w. K.), Cic.: domesticae, theoretische, wissensch. Bestrebungen (Ggstz. forenses artes, die praktischen auf dem Forum), Cic.: elementariae, Elementarkenntnisse, Capit.: Graecae, Latinae, Cic.: interiores, Cael. in Cic. ep.: interiores et reconditae, Cic.: oratoriae, Lact.: Graecorum penitissimae, Macr.: serviles, Sen.: vulgares, Cic. – cupidissimus litterarum, Nep.: litteris omnibus a pueritia deditus, Cic.: doctus Graecis litteris, Cic.: Graecis litteris eruditus, Cic.: eruditissimus et Graecis litteris et Latinis, Cic.: Graecarum litterarum expers od. rudis, Nep.: communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis expers, Cic.: ignarus etiam servilium litterarum, der nicht einmal so viel Wissenschaften kennt wie ein Sklave, Sen.: litteris elementariis et calculo imbutus, im Lesen u. Schreiben u. im Rechnen unterrichtet, Capit.: perfectus in litteris, wissenschaftlich ausgebildet, Cic.: in primis studiosus litterarum, Nep.: litteris tinctus, einen Anstrich von wissensch. Bildung besitzend, Cic.: alter litterator fuit, alter litteras sciens, ein wissensch. gebildeter Mann, ein wirklicher Gelehrter, Gell. – abdere se litteris od. in litteras, Cic.: abest historia litteris nostris (unserer Literatur), Cic.: abhorrere a litteris, ab humanitate, für einen wirklich durchgebildeten Menschen sich nicht ziemen, Cic.: litteras amare, Nep.: litterarum studium arripere, sich auf die Beschäftigung mit den Wissenschaften werfen, Nep.: litteris confidere, sich bloß auf wissensch. Studien stützen, Vitr. 1, 1, 2 (vgl. oben no. II, B, 1): se per litteras consolari, Cic.: sine litteris contendere, ohne wissensch. Studium sich bemühen, Vitr.: illae scilicet litterae conticuerunt forenses et senatoriae, Cic.: dare se huic etiam generi litterarum, Cic.: huic studio litterarum penitus se dedere, Cic.: dedere se litteris, Cic.: dedere se litteris sermonique Persarum, Nep.: dedere se ad litteras memoriasque veteres, Gell.: delectari in litteris, Cic.: Graecas litteras (das Griechische) in senectute didicisse, Cic.: in Bithynia oratorias litteras docere, Lact.: id litterae docent, das lernen wir durch die Sprachwissenschaft, Cic.: de Graecorum penitissimis litteris hanc historiam eruisse, Macr.: explicare alcis litteras, jmds. Studium betreiben, Cic.: philosophiam Latinis litteris illustrare, Cic.: litteris se involvere, Cic.: alqd Latinis litteris mandare, in die lat. Sprache od. Literatur übertragen, Cic. de fin. 1, 1. – nescire litteras, ohne gelehrte Kenntnisse (wissenschaftliche Bildung) sein, Cic. Brut. 259 (versch. von oben no. I): non eā re litteras quoque alias nescio, so bin ich doch deshalb sonst nicht ohne wissenschaftliche Bildung, Gell. 4, 1, 13: neque ullos versus neque ullas litteras nosse, irgend etwas Wissenschaftliches verstehen, Cic.: nunc mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina (Philosophie) prodest, Cic.: scire litteras, wissenschaftliche Kenntnisse besitzen, Cic. de fin. 2, 12 (versch. von oben no. I): u. so litterarum admodum nihil sciebat, wissenschaftl. Bildung besaß er gar nicht, Cic. Brut. 210: studere litteris, Cic.: aut litteris Graecis aut sermoni studere, Iustin.: erant in eo plurimae litterae nec eae vulgares, sed interiores quaedam et reconditae, Cic.: litteris sustentari et recreari, Cic.: omnia reliqua tempora litteris tribuere, Nep.: non nihil temporis tribuere litteris, Nep.: aut possem vivere, nisi in litteris viverem? Cic.: litteras vorare cum alqo, Cic. – / Die Schreibung littera gew. in den besten Hdschrn. u. in Inschrn. (zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1891; 5, 532, 2, 1; 6, 1751. Edict. Diocl. 7, 66; vgl. Brambach Hilfsb. S. 46); doch auch litera, s. Fleckeisen im Rhein. Mus. 8, 229.
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scrībo, scrīpsī, scrīptum, ere (vgl. griech. σκάριφος, Stift, Griffel, meton. Umriß, Zeichnung, σκαριφασθαι, ritzen u. zeichnen), mit einem spitzen Griffel graben, einzeichnen, zeichnen, Züge, Linien, Figuren, Buchstaben machen, schreiben, I) zeichnen, reißen, ziehen, 1) im allg.: stigmata fugitivo, einen entlaufenen Sklaven brandmarken, Quint.: lineam, Cic. – 2) prägn.: a) bezeichnen, bemalen, totius frontem tabernae scorpionibus, Catull. 37, 10: arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro, Stat. Theb. 11, 514. – b) etwas zeichnen, entwerfen, beschreiben, von etw. einen Abriß machen, in linea trigonum paribus lateribus et intervallis, Vitr.: formam, Plin. ep.: scribetur tibi forma et situs agri, Hor. – II) schreiben, 1) im allg.: litteram, Cic.: meā manu scriptae litterae (Brief), Cic.: erat scriptum ipsius manu, Cic.: itaque terra in augurum libris scripta cum R uno, Varro LL.: Ch. Fassus es Charmidem dedisse aurum tibi. Suc. Scriptum quidem, ja, geschriebenes, ja, auf dem Papier, Plaut.: ut scriptum (schwarz auf weiß) aut obsignatum aut depositum, Cic.: nihil erat clausum, nihil obsignatum, nihil scriptum (als vorhanden aufgeführt, inventarisiert), Cic.: liber minutioribus litteris scriptus, Sen.: historia minutissime scripta, Sen.: absol., scribere decore, eine schöne (hübsche) Hand schreiben, Amm. 30, 9, 4. – bildl., mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo, eingeprägt, Ter. Andr. 383. – 2) insbes.: a) etwas beschreiben, unam (sortem) excĭdisse ita scriptam, Liv.: columna litteris gentis eius scripta, Curt. 10, 1 (2), 14: postes hinc et inde totos, Mart. 1, 117, 11: ceram ossibus (= stilis osseis), Isid. orig. 6, 9, 2: scriptus et aeterno nunc primum Iuppiter auro, mit einer goldenen Weihinschrift für ewig versehen, durch eine goldene Inschrift verewigt, Mart. 11, 4, 3. – b) an jmd. schreiben, ihm schriftlich melden, ad alqm u. alci, Cic.: ad alqm de alqo (einen an jmd. empfehlen) accuratissime (sehr), Cic.: salutem (einen Gruß), Plaut.: m. folg. Fragesatz, diplomata, quorum dies praeteriit an omnino observari et quam diu velis rogo scribas, Plin. ep. 10, 45 (54); vgl. 10, 116 (117), 1. – Passiv m. Acc. u. Infin., scribitur nobis multitudinem convenisse, Cic.: mit Nom. u. Infin., haec avis scribitur solere etc., Cic. – c) schreiben, schriftlich auftragen, verlangen, bitten, befehlen, si quid ad me scripseris, Cic.: m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant, Cic.: collegae scripsit, Aquileiam ut veniret, Liv.: Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret, Liv.: m. folg. bl. Coniunctiv, scribit Labieno, veniat, Caes.: mit folg. Infin., scribitur tetrarchis... iussis Corbulonis obsequi, Tac. – d) schreiben, schriftlich aufsetzen, verfertigen, verfassen, niederschreiben, libros, Cic.: defensionem, Cic.: historiam, Cic.: epistulam ad alqm, Quint.: scripsisse aliquid in Antonium, Liv. fr.: sunt alii scriptae quibus alea luditur artes, andere haben die Kunst, mit Würfeln zu spielen, beschrieben, Ov. – dicam alci scribere, gegen jmd. eine Anklageschrift (Klage) einreichen, Cic.: leges, Gesetze machen, schriftlich verfassen, Cic.: foedus amicitiae, machen, Liv.: senatus consultum, Cic.: so auch adesse scribendo, gegenwärtig sein, wenn der Senatsbeschluß schriftlich abgefaßt wird, Cic.: ebenso auch esse ad scribendum, Cic. – absol., α) schreiben = etw. Gelehrtes ausarbeiten, bes. Gedichte, ad scribendum animum appulit, etwas zu schreiben, zu dichten, Ter.: se ad scribendi studium contulit, zum Dichten, Cic.: ad scribendum se contulit, er wurde Schriftsteller, Hieron. de vir. ill. 80. – β) schreiben = von etwas schriftlich handeln oder reden, de Alexandri laudibus, Gell.: ut Plutarchus scribit, Gell.: hac super re scribam ad te, Cic.: scripsit super hoc plenissime octo voluminibus, Hieron.: maior scribendi diligentia, eine sorgfältigere Darstellung, Eutr. – γ) von Rechtsgelehrten, Urkunden aller Art (Testamente, Verträge, Klagformeln usw.) abfassen, haec urbana militia respondendi, scribendi, cavendi, Cic. Mur. 19. – e) m. dopp. Acc., α) als den u. den schreiben, auf etw. setzen, cum... se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, sich als Konsul A. Kornelius Kossus daraufgesetzt (auf das Weih, geschenk), unterschrieben hat, Liv. 4, 20, 11. – β) schriftlich ernennen, einsetzen, festsetzen- alqm heredem (zum Erben), Cic.: alqm heredem secundum, Hor.: alqm alci scribere coheredem, Sen. u. Tac. (vgl. in testamento alcis heredem scriptum esse, Caes.): so alqm tutorem, Cic. – f) schriftlich aussetzen, alci legatum, vermachen, Plin. ep.: u. so servo libertatem, ICt. – g) als t. t. der Geschäftssprache, bei Wechselgeschäften, Anweisung zur Auszahlung von Geld an jmd. geben, durch Anweisung od. Wechsel an jmd. zahlen, alci nummos, Plaut. asin. 440: scribe decem a Nerio, laß (dem Schuldner) 10000 Sesterze durch (den Wechsler) Nerius auszahlen, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 69; s. Bentley Hor. sat. 2, 3, 76; ep. 2, 1, 105; vgl. rescribo. – h) beschreiben, besingen, schildern, von jmd. schreiben, singen, Marium, Cic.: Cyrus ille a Xenophonte non ad historiae fidem scriptus, Cic.: fons supra scriptus, Vitr.: scriberis Vario fortis, Hor. – i) als publiz. u. milit. t. t., Kolonisten, Soldaten usw. anwerben, ausheben, milites, Sall. (vgl. ex his tribubus scriptos iuniores duo tribuni ad bellum duxere, Liv.): exercitum, Liv.: legiones, Sall.: quattuor milia peditum, Liv.: milites in supplementum, Liv.: supplementum legionibus, Cic.: socios navales, Matrosen ausheben, Liv.: quinque milia colonorum Capuam (nach K.), Liv.: u. so sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, Liv.: novorum militum ea pars, quae scripta in Histriam provinciam esset, Liv. – übtr., v. anderen Personen, scribe tui gregis hunc, zähle ihn unter deine Freunde, Hor. ep. 1, 9, 13. – k) m. dopp. Akk., als der und der unterschreiben = seinen Namen setzen, cum... se A. Cornelium Cossum scripserit, als Konsul A. Kornelius Kossus (auf das Weihgeschenk) seinen Namen gesetzt hat, Liv. 4, 20, 11. / Synk. Perf. scripsti, Plaut. asin. 802: scripstis, Enn, fr. scen. 211: Infin. scripse, Auson. sept. sap. lud. 1. p. 105 Schenkl. – auch scribsisse u. scribturum geschrieben, Lucil. 818.
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ausheben, I) aus einem Orte herausheben, a) übh.: emovere (z. B. eine Tür [aus der Angel], postes cardine). – einen Baum au., arborem effodere (ausgraben); mit der Wurzel, arborem radicĭtus eximere. – b) durch Heben aus seiner Lage bringen, ein Glied, emovere de suo loco. – luxare (verrenken). – 1J) aus einer Menge herauslesen: legere. eligere. deligere (vgl. »auswählen« über elig. u. delig.). – seligere. excerpere (das Vorzüglichste aus einem Buche, Stellen etc. exzerpieren). – Soldaten, ein Heer au., dilectum [267] habere; milites legere; milites od. exercitum scribere, conscribere (eig. die Namen der Dienstfähigen aufschreiben); milites extrahere (gewaltsam): Rekruten au., scribere legionibus supplementum: Matrosen au., scribere socios navales: gewaltsam au., s. pressen. – Ausheben, das, - ung, die, der Soldaten, dilectus. – conquisitio militum (mehr gewaltsame Au.).
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17 Gesetz
Gesetz, I) im allg.: lex (z.B. Demosthenespaene lex orandi fuit: u. lex naturae: u. lex vitae od. vivendi). – regula, für etwas, alcis rei od. ad quam alqd dirigitur (die Richtschnur, Regel für etwas, nie ohne den Zus. dessen, für den od. für welche Sache die Richtschnur besteht). – norma (die festgesetzte Norm, von der man nicht abgehen darf; sowohl reg. als norma nur im Sing.); verb. norma et regula, für jmd., alcis (z.B. Demosthenes norma oratoris [1095] et regula: u. norma naturae, rationis). – die ewigen Gesetze der Natur, leges aeternae, quibus a deo reguntur omnia: es ist den göttlichen (natürlichen) und menschlichen Gesetzen gemäß, est fas et ius; est ius fasque; es ist den göttlichen u. Naturgesetzen zuwider, non fas est: das G. der Menschlichkeit, humanitas. – sich zum G. machen, sibi legem statuere, scribere; sibi imperare. – II) insbes.: lex (von der Staatsgewalt förmlich ausgesprochene Verordnung, selten, wie unser »Gesetz«, auch prägn. für den Inbegriff aller Gesetze, wofür im Latein. gew. der Plur. leges od. [als der auf dem Gesetz beruhende Inbegriff des Rechts] ius steht). – praeceptum (Vorschrift eines Obern etc.). – ein G. gegen die Giftmischerei, lex, quae venena coërcet: die bestehenden Gesetze, leges et instituta. – ein G. entwerfen, legem meditari (in Gedanken); legem condere, scribere, conscribere (ein G. verfassen, abfassen): ein G. geben über etw., legem iubere od. sciscere de re (v. Volke); legem od. lege sancire de re (vom Volke u. Senate): das G. geben, daß od. daß nicht, durch ein G. gebieten, verbieten, daß etc., ferre legem, ut od. ne m. Konj.; lege sancire, ut od. ne mit Konj.; sciscere et iubere, ut od. ne mit Konj. (vom Volke): für jmd. das G. geben od. es jmdm. zum G. machen, daß er etc., legem alci constituere, ut etc.: Gesetze machen, feststellen, bestimmen, für ein Land (Volk), einem Lande (Volke) wirklich G. geben, leges dare, constituere alci civitati od. populo (dare bes. von einem Machthaber etc.): jmdm. Gesetze vorschreiben, leges alci dicere od. scribere; praecepta componere alci (z.B. saeculo): sich von jmd. Gesetze vorschreiben lassen, leges accipere ab alqo: seine eigenen Gesetze haben, legibus suis uti: etw. zum G! erheben, sub legis vincula conicere alqd: ein G. abschaffen, aufheben, s. aufheben no. IV, b. – nach dem G., lege, legibus, ex lege, ex legibus (infolge des G.); per legem (auf dem Wege des G.); legis permissu (mit Erlaubnis des G.). – alle Bürger sind vor dem G. gleich, omnes cives legibus tenentur omnibus.
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18 rekrutieren
rekrutieren, I) v. intr.scribere od. legere milites in supplementum; auch bl. scribere od. conscribere milites. – dilectum habere (eine Aushebung vornehmen). – mit Auswahl r., tironem sollerter eligere. – II) v. tr.supplere; explere supplemento; dilectibus supplere; supplementum scribere alci.
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19 schriftlich
schriftlich, scriptus (geschrieben). – perscriptus (genau niedergeschrieben, in Abschrift gegeben). – litteris consignatus. litteris mandatus (aufgezeichnet mit Schrift). – sch. Aufträge, scripta mandata: ein sch. Befehl, litterae: sch. – Beweise, litterae: sch. Urkunden, tabulae: sch. Verordnung, edictum: sch. Anklage, libellus, gegen jmd., de alqo datus: jmdm. sch. Nachricht geben (jmd. sch. benachrichtigen über etwas), litteris od. per litteras alqm certiorem facere de alqa re: sch. Unterhaltung, Verkehr, s. Briefwechsel. – Adv.scripturā (durch Schreiben, Aufschreiben). – litteris. per litteras (durch Buchstabenschrift; dah. insbes. brieflich). – scripto (durch eine Schrift, z.B. adire alqm: u. exempla tradi [mitgeteilt werden] scripto non possunt). – sch. aufzeichnen, litteris consignare; litteris od. scriptis mandare: sch. verfassen, s. abfassen: sch. melden, scribere: jmdm. sch. befehlen, daß er etc., alci scribere, ut etc.: jmdm. sch. danken. alci gratias scribere; per litteras alci gratias agere: essch. geben, edere scriptum (z.B. was etc., quid etc.): sich von jmd. etwas (ein Versprechen etc.) sch. geben lassen, alcis rei syngraphum exigere ab alqo. – er hat (als Gelehrter) nichts Schriftliches hinterlassen, nulla eius ingenii monumenta mandata litteris exstant: gar nichts, nullam litteram reliquit.
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20 schriftstellerisch
schriftstellerisch, durch den Genet. scriptoris od. scriptorum (sofern es sich auf einen oder mehrere Schriftsteller bezie ht), z.B. schriftst. Ruhm, laus scriptoris od. scriptorum. – od durch libros scribere od. conscribere od. bl. durch scribere (wenn es sich auf das Schriftstellern bezieht), z.B. die sch. Laufbahn betreten, *libros scribere od. conscribere coepisse; conferre se ad studium scribendi.
См. также в других словарях:
scribere — index legislate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scribere est agere — /skraybariy est abjariy/ To write is to act. Treasonable words set down in writing amount to overt acts of treason … Black's law dictionary
scribere est agere — To write is to act. That is, writing is the doing of an act. Therefore, a bare writing with no publication of it may amount to a crime; as if the writer indicts treasonable matter. See 4 Bl Comm 80 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Difficile est satiram non scribĕre — (lat.), von Juvenal (Sat., I, 30) herrührendes Wort: »Hier keine Satire zu schreiben, ist schwer« (nämlich bei Beobachtung irgend einer auffallenden Verkehrtheit oder Torheit) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Difficile est, satiram non scribere — Difficĭle est, satĭram non scribĕre, (lat.), Ausspruch Juvenals (»Satiren« I, 30): schwer ist es, keine Satire zu schreiben (über einen in Rede stehenden Vorfall) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
In aqua scribere. — См. По воде писать … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
Difficile est satiram non scribere. — См. Сатира … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
ПИСЧИЕ МАТЕРИАЛЫ — • Scribĕre. Бумагой или материалом, на котором писали, служило обыкновенное тонкое лыко (liber; отдельные слои назывались philyrae, ср. Horat. Od. 1, 38, 2) египетского папируса, который путем ablutio, т. е. выделки и беления, достиг… … Реальный словарь классических древностей
écrire — [ ekrir ] v. tr. <conjug. : 39> • escrire v. 1050; lat. scribere I ♦ 1 ♦ Tracer (des signes d écriture, un ensemble organisé de ces signes). Écrire une phrase. « Ces trois mots écrits au crayon, et tracés d une main rapide et ferme »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
scribe — [ skrib ] n. m. • 1365 sens 3; lat. scriba « greffier », de scribere « écrire » 1 ♦ Anciennt Homme dont le métier était d écrire à la main. ⇒ copiste, écrivain (public), greffier. « Toute loi écrite est déjà périmée. Car la main du scribe est… … Encyclopédie Universelle
SCRIBENDI ratio — tenuibus initiis orta, sensim ad id perfectionis, quod nunc habet, assurrexit, maguô mortalium bono. Neque enim satis causae habuit aut Socrates, qui literas ingenii pestem pronuntiavit, quod his notis confisi homines memoriam minus exercerent:… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
