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I grātia, ae f. [ gratus ]1) привлекательность, приятность, прелесть (in vultu Q; sermonis Attici Q; villae PJ); изящество (formae O; plenus jucunditatis et gratiae, sc. Horatius Q)2) благосклонность, милостьin gratiā esse C — быть в милости, пользоваться благосклонностьюgratiam alicujus sibi conciliare C — снискать себе чью-л. благосклонностьgratiam inire ab aliquo C, ad и apud aliquem L или alicujus QC — войти в милость к кому-л.sequi gratiam alicujus Cs — стараться приобрести чью-л. благосклонностьin gratiam alicujus L — из любезности к кому-л. или в чью-л. пользуfacere dicendi gratiam alicui L — дать кому-л. возможность высказатьсяgratiam ab aliquo petere Pl — просить у кого-л. милости (одолжения)3) снисхождение, прощениеgratiam alicui facere juris jurandi Pl — освободить кого-л. от клятвыde cenā facio gratiam Pl — за обед благодарю, т. е. от обеда отказываюсь4) влияние, авторитет, вес ( alicujus apud aliquem C)5) дружественная связь, взаимное согласие, дружба (esse in gratiā cum aliquō C; aliquem in gratiam recipere Cs)cum bonā gratiā Ter, C — дружелюбноin gratiam redire cum aliquo Ph, C — помириться с кем-л. или простить кому-л.restituere aliquem in bonam gratiam alicujus (или cum aliquo) Ter etc. — помирить кого-л. с кем-л.gratias agere alicui C — благодарить кого-л., выражать признательность кому-л.habere gratiam alicui C, усил. gratias agere atque habere C, Ap — питать благодарность, быть благодарным, признательнымgratiam referre (persolvere, reddere) C etc. — отблагодарить, воздать за благодеяние, отплатить услугой за услугуgratiast (= g. est) Pl, Ter — благодарю — см. gratis7) милость, благодать (g. gratis data Aug; g. caelestis Eccl)II grātiā praep. cum gen. [ из abl. от gratia I ]ради, для, из-за (hominum g. C)eā gratiā Sl — вследствие этого (того) (редко впереди genetiv'a: g. patris Lampr) -
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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus] - Lebaigue P. 551 et P. 552. [st1]1 [-] agrément, charme, grâce, beauté (poet. et post-class.). - gratia verborum, Quint.: la grâce des expressions. - gratia villae, Plin.: l'agrément d'une villa. - neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13: la grâce ne masque pas son éloquence. - magnae veteribus curae fuit gratiam dicendi, Quint. 9: les anciens mettaient beaucoup de soin à agrémenter leurs discours. - gratia corporis, Suet. Vit. 3: agréments physiques. - gratia in vultu, Quint. 6, pr. 7: grâce dans le visage. - sincera sermonis Attici gratia, Quint. 10, 1, 65: la pure grâce du parler attique. - vinis gratiam affert fumus, Plin. 14, 16: la fumée donne un goût agréable aux vins. [st1]2 [-] faveur, complaisance, obligeance, grâce. - aliquid in beneficii et gratiae causa petere, Cic. Verr. 3, 189: demander qqch comme un bienfait et une grâce. --- cf. Verr. 3, 115. - gratiae causā, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: par faveur. - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. Hec. 390: accorder une faveur à qqn. - alicui gratiam dicendi facere, Liv. 3, 41, 4: accorder à qqn la faveur de parler. --- cf. Suet. Aug. 38. - in gratiam alicujus, Liv. 28, 21, 4: pour complaire à qqn. --- cf. Liv. 28, 39, 12 ; 39, 26, 12. - abl. gratiā: pour l'amour de, à cause de [placé après son régime]. - hominum gratiā, Cic. Nat. 2, 158, pour les hommes. - Bruti conservandi gratiā, Cic. Ph. 14, 4: pour sauver Brutus. - si exempli gratiā vir bonus... Cic. Off. 3, 50: si, pour prendre un exemple, un honnête homme... - propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratiā propter voluptatem, Cic. 5, 30: en vue de n'importe quelle autre chose, par exemple, en vue du plaisir. - ea gratia, quod... Sall. J. 54, 4 ; 80, 4: pour ce motif que.... - meā gratiā, Plaut. Bac. 97: à cause de moi. - petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae ut... Verr. 2, 3: on demanda, comme une faveur et une grâce, la permission de... - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. (alicui gratiam facere, Plaut.): accorder une faveur à qqn. - facta Valerio dicendi gratia quae vellet, Liv. 3: on donna à Valérius l'autorisation de dire ce qu'il voulait. [st1]3 [-] remise accordée par complaisance. - alicui jurisjurandi gratiam facere, Plaut. Rud. 1415: faire à qqn remise de son serment, l'en délier. --- cf. Suet. Tib. 35. - gratiam, fecit conjurandi Bononiensibus, Suet. Aug. 17: il dispensa les habitants de Bologne de faire cause commune avec lui. --- cf. Suet. Dom. 14. - de cena facio gratiam, Plaut. Most. 1130: quant au souper, je t'en fais grâce (= non, merci). [st1]4 [-] faveur d'autrui, bonnes grâces, bonne entente, relations amicales, amitié, accord, concorde; indulgence, pardon, grâce. - inire gratiam ab aliquo: gagner l’amitié (la sympathie) de qqn, se concilier les bonnes grâces de qqn. - magnam inire gratiam, Cic. Fin. 4. 31: se mettre en grande faveur (en grand crédit). - gratiam inire ab aliquo, Cic. Verr. 4, 143: se mettre dans les bonnes grâces de qqn. - gratiam inire ad aliquem, Liv. 33, 46, 7 ; apud aliquem, Liv. 36, 5, 3: auprès de qqn. - ab aliquo gratiam inisse quod... Cic.: avoir mérité la faveur de qqn en... - ab aliquo summam gratiam inire, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: gagner au plus haut point la faveur de qqn. - in gratiam alicujus venire: trouver grâce auprès de qqn. - gratiam alicujus sequi: rechercher les bonnes grâces de qqn. - componere aliquid cum bona gratia, Ter.: régler une affaire à l'amiable. - alicui delicti gratiam facere, Sall. J. 104, 5: pardonner à qqn une faute. - gratiam alicujus sibi conciliare, Cic. Pomp. 70: se concilier la faveur de qqn. - aliquam bonam gratiam sibi quaerere, Cic. Pomp. 71: rechercher pour soi quelques bonnes grâces avantageuses. - aliquem apud aliquem in maxima gratia ponere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6: mettre qqn dans les meilleures grâces de qqn. - plures ineuntur gratiae si... Cic. Br. 209: on se gagne plus souvent la faveur si (on se fait plus d'amis, si...). --- cf. Cic. Mur. 24 ; Agr. 2, 7. - multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione provincia afferre, Cic. Mur. 42: rapporter de sa province avec la meilleure réputation une quantité de bonnes sympathies. - si suam gratiam Romani velint,... Caes. BG. 4, 7, 4: [ils disent] que si les Romains veulent leur amitié. - in gratiam cum aliquo redire, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 7 ; Prov. 20, etc.: renouer des relations d'amitié avec qqn, se réconcilier avec qqn. - restituere aliquem in gratiam cum aliquo, Cic. Prov 23: remettre qqn en amitié avec qqn. --- [reducere Cic. R. P. 19]. - Sallustium restituere in ejus veterem gratiam non potui, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 3: je n'ai pu ramener Sallustius à ses vieilles relations avec lui. - cum aliquo in gratia esse, Fam. 1, 9, 4: être en bons termes avec qqn. - mihi cum illo magna gratia erat, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: j'étais en fort bons termes avec lui. - cum bona gratia, cum mala, Ter. Ph. 621: en bonne, en mauvaise intelligence. - istuc quod postulo inpetro cum gratia, Ter. And. 422: ce que je demande, je l'obtiens de bon gré. - per gratiam, Plaut. Mil. 979: de bonne grâce. [st1]5 [-] crédit, pouvoir, influence, popularité. - gratiā plurimum posse, Caes. BG. 1, 9, 3: avoir le plus grand pouvoir par son crédit (être très influent). - cf. Caes. BG. 1, 20, 2 ; 7, 63, 2 ; BC. 2, 44, 1, etc. - Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos, Caes. BG. 2 6, 4: le Rémois Iccius, qui tenait parmi les siens le plus haut rang par sa noblesse et son crédit. - res contra nos faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia, Cic. Quinct. 1: nous avons comme adversaires le crédit et l'éloquence au plus haut degré. - cf. Cic. Cael. 19 ; Off. 2, 64. - summā gratiā inter suos, Caes.: d'une très grande influence dans son pays. - auctior est gratiā, Caes.: il grandit en influence. - quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat, Liv. 40: ce triomphe, de toute évidence, il le devait plus à son influence qu'à l'importance de ses exploits. - summa apud populum gratia, Cic. Rep 2, 60: la plus grande popularité. - gratia alicujus, Cic Amer. 28: le crédit, l'influence de qqn. - per gratiam contendere, ut... Cic. Verr. pr. 48: faire appel aux influences pour obtenir que... [st1]6 [-] reconnaissance, gratitude, actions de grâces, gré. - gratiae, ārum: marques de reconnaissance, remerciement. - gratias agere alicui, Cic. Phil. 1, 3: adresser des remerciements à qqn. - gratiarum actio, Cic. Fam. 10, 19, 1: adresse (expression) de remerciements. - maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus, Cic. Phil. 3, 25: nous devons tous et vous remercier vivement et éprouver pour vous la plus vive reconnaissance. - gratias habere, Liv. 24, 37, 7: remercier. - alicui gratias agere de re (pro re): rendre grâces à qqn au sujet de qqch, remercier qqn au sujet de qqch. - gratiam habere alicui: savoir gré à qqn, avoir de la reconnaissance pour qqn. - gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Br. 217 ; de Or. 3, 14: témoigner à qqn sa reconnaissance en retour. - praeclaram gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Cat. 1, 28: montrer une belle reconnaissance à qqn. - habere gratiam, Cic. Off. 2, 69: avoir de la reconnaissance. - mais habebo apud posteros gratiam, Sen. Ep. 21, 5: j'aurai la faveur de la postérité. - alicui gratias referre Cic. Planc. 101: donner à qqn des marques (preuves) de reconnaissance. --- cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 39. - gratiam dis persolvere, Cic. Planc. 80: s'acquitter envers les dieux d'une dette de reconnaissance. - alicui pro aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16: remercier qqn pour [de] qqch. - alicui in aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 2. 24. 2: - alicui ob aliquam rem gratias agere: remercier qqn de qqch. --- Liv. 34, 50, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 2. - est dis gratia, cum... Ter. Ad. 138: il y a à remercier les dieux, du moment que... - dis gratia ! Ter. Ad. 121, dieu merci ! grâce aux dieux ! - gratiast, Plaut. Men. 387: bien obligé ! merci bien ! [st1]7 [-] grātĭā + gén.: à cause de, pour faire plaisir, en faveur de, pour l'amour de, à titre de. - grātĭā + gérond. ou adj. verbal au gén.: en vue de, pour. - verbi gratiā (exempli gratiā): par exemple, à titre d'exemple. - patris gratiā: pour l'amour de la patrie. - meā (tuā, nostrā) gratiā: pour moi (pour toi, pour nous). - surrexit respondendi gratiā: il se leva pour répondre. - pugnat servandae patriae gratiā: il combat pour sauver sa patrie. - consolandi tui gratiā dicent: ils diront pour te consoler. - legatos ad Caesarem sui purgandi gratia mittunt, Caes. BG. 7: ils envoient des députés auprès de César pour se disculper. [st1]8 [-] grātĭīs ou grātīs: sans rétribution, gratuitement, gratis. - si non pretio, at gratiis, Ter. Ad.: sinon contre argent sonnant, du moins gratis. - cave ne gratis hic tibi constet amor ! Ov.: prends garde que cet amour ne te rapporte rien! - is repente, ut Romam venit, gratiis praetor factus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: cet homme, à peine arrivé de Rome, le voilà, tout à coup, devenu gratuitement préteur. [st1]9 [-] grâce (de Dieu); charisme. - gratiae tuae deputo et misericordiae tuae, quod peccata mea tamquam glaciem solvisti, Aug. Conf. 2: à votre grâce, à votre miséricorde je rapporte d’avoir fondu la glace de mes péchés. - prophetarum gratia, Ambr. de Off. 1, 1, 2: le charisme des prophètes. [st1]10 [-] grātiae, ārum, f.: les (trois) Grâces (Aglaé, Thalie, Euphrosyne). - [gr]gr. Χάριτες. - Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3 ; Serv. En. 1, 720 ; Hor. O. 1, 30, 6, etc ; Quint. 10, 1, 82. - sing. collect. Grātia, ae, Ov. M. 6, 429: les Grâces. - voir hors site les Charites / les Grâces.* * *grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus] - Lebaigue P. 551 et P. 552. [st1]1 [-] agrément, charme, grâce, beauté (poet. et post-class.). - gratia verborum, Quint.: la grâce des expressions. - gratia villae, Plin.: l'agrément d'une villa. - neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13: la grâce ne masque pas son éloquence. - magnae veteribus curae fuit gratiam dicendi, Quint. 9: les anciens mettaient beaucoup de soin à agrémenter leurs discours. - gratia corporis, Suet. Vit. 3: agréments physiques. - gratia in vultu, Quint. 6, pr. 7: grâce dans le visage. - sincera sermonis Attici gratia, Quint. 10, 1, 65: la pure grâce du parler attique. - vinis gratiam affert fumus, Plin. 14, 16: la fumée donne un goût agréable aux vins. [st1]2 [-] faveur, complaisance, obligeance, grâce. - aliquid in beneficii et gratiae causa petere, Cic. Verr. 3, 189: demander qqch comme un bienfait et une grâce. --- cf. Verr. 3, 115. - gratiae causā, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7: par faveur. - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. Hec. 390: accorder une faveur à qqn. - alicui gratiam dicendi facere, Liv. 3, 41, 4: accorder à qqn la faveur de parler. --- cf. Suet. Aug. 38. - in gratiam alicujus, Liv. 28, 21, 4: pour complaire à qqn. --- cf. Liv. 28, 39, 12 ; 39, 26, 12. - abl. gratiā: pour l'amour de, à cause de [placé après son régime]. - hominum gratiā, Cic. Nat. 2, 158, pour les hommes. - Bruti conservandi gratiā, Cic. Ph. 14, 4: pour sauver Brutus. - si exempli gratiā vir bonus... Cic. Off. 3, 50: si, pour prendre un exemple, un honnête homme... - propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratiā propter voluptatem, Cic. 5, 30: en vue de n'importe quelle autre chose, par exemple, en vue du plaisir. - ea gratia, quod... Sall. J. 54, 4 ; 80, 4: pour ce motif que.... - meā gratiā, Plaut. Bac. 97: à cause de moi. - petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae ut... Verr. 2, 3: on demanda, comme une faveur et une grâce, la permission de... - alicui gratiam dare, Ter. (alicui gratiam facere, Plaut.): accorder une faveur à qqn. - facta Valerio dicendi gratia quae vellet, Liv. 3: on donna à Valérius l'autorisation de dire ce qu'il voulait. [st1]3 [-] remise accordée par complaisance. - alicui jurisjurandi gratiam facere, Plaut. Rud. 1415: faire à qqn remise de son serment, l'en délier. --- cf. Suet. Tib. 35. - gratiam, fecit conjurandi Bononiensibus, Suet. Aug. 17: il dispensa les habitants de Bologne de faire cause commune avec lui. --- cf. Suet. Dom. 14. - de cena facio gratiam, Plaut. Most. 1130: quant au souper, je t'en fais grâce (= non, merci). [st1]4 [-] faveur d'autrui, bonnes grâces, bonne entente, relations amicales, amitié, accord, concorde; indulgence, pardon, grâce. - inire gratiam ab aliquo: gagner l’amitié (la sympathie) de qqn, se concilier les bonnes grâces de qqn. - magnam inire gratiam, Cic. Fin. 4. 31: se mettre en grande faveur (en grand crédit). - gratiam inire ab aliquo, Cic. Verr. 4, 143: se mettre dans les bonnes grâces de qqn. - gratiam inire ad aliquem, Liv. 33, 46, 7 ; apud aliquem, Liv. 36, 5, 3: auprès de qqn. - ab aliquo gratiam inisse quod... Cic.: avoir mérité la faveur de qqn en... - ab aliquo summam gratiam inire, Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: gagner au plus haut point la faveur de qqn. - in gratiam alicujus venire: trouver grâce auprès de qqn. - gratiam alicujus sequi: rechercher les bonnes grâces de qqn. - componere aliquid cum bona gratia, Ter.: régler une affaire à l'amiable. - alicui delicti gratiam facere, Sall. J. 104, 5: pardonner à qqn une faute. - gratiam alicujus sibi conciliare, Cic. Pomp. 70: se concilier la faveur de qqn. - aliquam bonam gratiam sibi quaerere, Cic. Pomp. 71: rechercher pour soi quelques bonnes grâces avantageuses. - aliquem apud aliquem in maxima gratia ponere, Cic. Att. 5, 11, 6: mettre qqn dans les meilleures grâces de qqn. - plures ineuntur gratiae si... Cic. Br. 209: on se gagne plus souvent la faveur si (on se fait plus d'amis, si...). --- cf. Cic. Mur. 24 ; Agr. 2, 7. - multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione provincia afferre, Cic. Mur. 42: rapporter de sa province avec la meilleure réputation une quantité de bonnes sympathies. - si suam gratiam Romani velint,... Caes. BG. 4, 7, 4: [ils disent] que si les Romains veulent leur amitié. - in gratiam cum aliquo redire, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 7 ; Prov. 20, etc.: renouer des relations d'amitié avec qqn, se réconcilier avec qqn. - restituere aliquem in gratiam cum aliquo, Cic. Prov 23: remettre qqn en amitié avec qqn. --- [reducere Cic. R. P. 19]. - Sallustium restituere in ejus veterem gratiam non potui, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 3: je n'ai pu ramener Sallustius à ses vieilles relations avec lui. - cum aliquo in gratia esse, Fam. 1, 9, 4: être en bons termes avec qqn. - mihi cum illo magna gratia erat, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: j'étais en fort bons termes avec lui. - cum bona gratia, cum mala, Ter. Ph. 621: en bonne, en mauvaise intelligence. - istuc quod postulo inpetro cum gratia, Ter. And. 422: ce que je demande, je l'obtiens de bon gré. - per gratiam, Plaut. Mil. 979: de bonne grâce. [st1]5 [-] crédit, pouvoir, influence, popularité. - gratiā plurimum posse, Caes. BG. 1, 9, 3: avoir le plus grand pouvoir par son crédit (être très influent). - cf. Caes. BG. 1, 20, 2 ; 7, 63, 2 ; BC. 2, 44, 1, etc. - Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos, Caes. BG. 2 6, 4: le Rémois Iccius, qui tenait parmi les siens le plus haut rang par sa noblesse et son crédit. - res contra nos faciunt, summa gratia et eloquentia, Cic. Quinct. 1: nous avons comme adversaires le crédit et l'éloquence au plus haut degré. - cf. Cic. Cael. 19 ; Off. 2, 64. - summā gratiā inter suos, Caes.: d'une très grande influence dans son pays. - auctior est gratiā, Caes.: il grandit en influence. - quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat, Liv. 40: ce triomphe, de toute évidence, il le devait plus à son influence qu'à l'importance de ses exploits. - summa apud populum gratia, Cic. Rep 2, 60: la plus grande popularité. - gratia alicujus, Cic Amer. 28: le crédit, l'influence de qqn. - per gratiam contendere, ut... Cic. Verr. pr. 48: faire appel aux influences pour obtenir que... [st1]6 [-] reconnaissance, gratitude, actions de grâces, gré. - gratiae, ārum: marques de reconnaissance, remerciement. - gratias agere alicui, Cic. Phil. 1, 3: adresser des remerciements à qqn. - gratiarum actio, Cic. Fam. 10, 19, 1: adresse (expression) de remerciements. - maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus, Cic. Phil. 3, 25: nous devons tous et vous remercier vivement et éprouver pour vous la plus vive reconnaissance. - gratias habere, Liv. 24, 37, 7: remercier. - alicui gratias agere de re (pro re): rendre grâces à qqn au sujet de qqch, remercier qqn au sujet de qqch. - gratiam habere alicui: savoir gré à qqn, avoir de la reconnaissance pour qqn. - gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Br. 217 ; de Or. 3, 14: témoigner à qqn sa reconnaissance en retour. - praeclaram gratiam alicui referre, Cic. Cat. 1, 28: montrer une belle reconnaissance à qqn. - habere gratiam, Cic. Off. 2, 69: avoir de la reconnaissance. - mais habebo apud posteros gratiam, Sen. Ep. 21, 5: j'aurai la faveur de la postérité. - alicui gratias referre Cic. Planc. 101: donner à qqn des marques (preuves) de reconnaissance. --- cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 39. - gratiam dis persolvere, Cic. Planc. 80: s'acquitter envers les dieux d'une dette de reconnaissance. - alicui pro aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16: remercier qqn pour [de] qqch. - alicui in aliqua re gratias agere, Cic. Att. 2. 24. 2: - alicui ob aliquam rem gratias agere: remercier qqn de qqch. --- Liv. 34, 50, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 2. - est dis gratia, cum... Ter. Ad. 138: il y a à remercier les dieux, du moment que... - dis gratia ! Ter. Ad. 121, dieu merci ! grâce aux dieux ! - gratiast, Plaut. Men. 387: bien obligé ! merci bien ! [st1]7 [-] grātĭā + gén.: à cause de, pour faire plaisir, en faveur de, pour l'amour de, à titre de. - grātĭā + gérond. ou adj. verbal au gén.: en vue de, pour. - verbi gratiā (exempli gratiā): par exemple, à titre d'exemple. - patris gratiā: pour l'amour de la patrie. - meā (tuā, nostrā) gratiā: pour moi (pour toi, pour nous). - surrexit respondendi gratiā: il se leva pour répondre. - pugnat servandae patriae gratiā: il combat pour sauver sa patrie. - consolandi tui gratiā dicent: ils diront pour te consoler. - legatos ad Caesarem sui purgandi gratia mittunt, Caes. BG. 7: ils envoient des députés auprès de César pour se disculper. [st1]8 [-] grātĭīs ou grātīs: sans rétribution, gratuitement, gratis. - si non pretio, at gratiis, Ter. Ad.: sinon contre argent sonnant, du moins gratis. - cave ne gratis hic tibi constet amor ! Ov.: prends garde que cet amour ne te rapporte rien! - is repente, ut Romam venit, gratiis praetor factus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: cet homme, à peine arrivé de Rome, le voilà, tout à coup, devenu gratuitement préteur. [st1]9 [-] grâce (de Dieu); charisme. - gratiae tuae deputo et misericordiae tuae, quod peccata mea tamquam glaciem solvisti, Aug. Conf. 2: à votre grâce, à votre miséricorde je rapporte d’avoir fondu la glace de mes péchés. - prophetarum gratia, Ambr. de Off. 1, 1, 2: le charisme des prophètes. [st1]10 [-] grātiae, ārum, f.: les (trois) Grâces (Aglaé, Thalie, Euphrosyne). - [gr]gr. Χάριτες. - Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3 ; Serv. En. 1, 720 ; Hor. O. 1, 30, 6, etc ; Quint. 10, 1, 82. - sing. collect. Grātia, ae, Ov. M. 6, 429: les Grâces. - voir hors site les Charites / les Grâces.* * *Gratia, gratiae: pen. corr. Cic. Grace, Bien et plaisir qu'on fait à aucun qui ne l'a pas merité et desservi.\Postulare gratiam apponi sibi. Terent. Demander qu'on luy scache bon gré.\Aduersus animus gratiae. Quintil. Contraire et ennemi de faveur, Qui hait jugements et toutes autres choses faictes par faveur, Qui ne se laisse corrompre par faveur.\Obnoxius animus gratiae. Quintil. Subject et enclin à favoriser les grands, à complaire et porter faveur aux grands.\Gratia dis. Ouid. Graces à Dieu, Dieu merci.\Nullam ingenii sperantes gratiam. Quintil. Louange.\Improba. Iuuen. Faveur meschante, Quand un juge par faveur absould un meschant.\Iuuenilis. Stat. Grace et beaulté de jeunesse.\Siquid benefacias, leuior pluma est gratia. Plaut. Ils n'en scavent ne gré ne grace, ou bien peu.\Gratia magna Ioui. Tibull. Grand merci à Dieu.\Nulla mala gratia Senatus aliquid facere. Cic. Sans qu'on en scache mauvais gré au Senat.\Debita sit facto gratia nulla meo. Ouid. Qu'on ne me scache point de gré de ce que j'ay faict, et qu'on ne m'en donne aucune retribution.\Fratrum rara gratia. Ouid. Peu de freres s'entr'aiment et s'accordent.\Viuax gratia. Horat. Perpetuelle.\Abest gratia officio. Ouid. Quand le plaisir qu'on fait, n'est point aggreable, et qu'on n'en scait point de gré.\Capere gratiam, dicitur animus. Cic. Quand il entend bien la grandeur du plaisir qu'il luy a esté faict.\Colligere gratiam ex priuatorum negotiis. Cic. Acquerir credit et bon gré, et l'amitié de beaucoup de gens.\Commemorare gratiam. Cic. Raconter un bienfaict ou plaisir que nous avons receu d'aucun.\Cum bona gratia aliquid componere. Terent. Accorder et appoincter quelque different par amitié et amour, Amiablement, Gratieusement.\Componere gratiam inter aliquos. Terent. Faire l'appoinctement entre aucuns.\Cupio gratiam tuam. Plaut. Je desire d'estre en ta grace.\Debere gratiam. Cic. Estre tenu et obligé de scavoir bon gré à aucun, pour quelque bienfaict ou plaisir que nous avons receu de luy.\Cum bona gratia dimittere aliquem. Cic. Sans le courroucer ou fascher.\Dissiluit gratia fratrum. Horat. L'amitié a esté separee et rompue.\Exornare aliquid gratia et venere. Quintil. De grace et beaulté de langage.\Facere gratiam iusiurandi. Plaut. Tenir aucun quicte de son serment tout ainsi que s'il avoit juré, Ne le faire point jurer.\Facere gratiam delicti. Liu. Pardonner, N'en demander rien à aucun.\Per gratiam legem alicui ferre. Cic. Par faveur.\Habere gratiam senectuti. Plaut. En scavoir bon gré à vieillesse.\Habere gratiam. Terent. Se tenir obligé envers aucun de quelque plaisir, et luy en scavoir bon gré, et ne luy avoir pas encore rendu le plaisir.\Incessere. Quintil. Impugner la faveur.\Inire gratiam ab aliquo. Cic. Acquerir la bonne grace d'aucun pour luy avoir faict quelque plaisir.\Languet mihi gratia. Silius. Je ne suis plus en telle grace que je souloye, Mon credit se diminue.\Negligere gratiam alicuius. Plaut. Ne tenir compte de l'amitié d'aucun, Ne la priser rien.\Parare gratiam. Quintil. Acquerir.\Petere gratiam a patre. Plaut. Demander grace et pardon.\Ponere aliquem in gratiam apud alterum. Cic. Le mettre en grace.\Apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam. Cic. Je feray l'appoinctement entre vous deux.\Non praecipiam gratiam publici beneficii. Liu. Je ne prendray point devant, Je ne preoccuperay ou anticiperay point.\Quaerere gratiam. Cic. Demander qu'on nous scache bon gré, et qu'on recongnoisse le plaisir qu'avons faict.\Recipere in gratiam. Cic. Aimer aucun et le recevoir en sa bonne grace.\Reddere gratiam. Cic. Rendre le plaisir ou desplaisir qu'on nous a faict, Rendre la pareille.\Redire in gratiam cum aliquo. Cic. Retourner en grace, Se reconcilier.\Redigere aliquos in gratiam. Terent. Les remettre d'accord, Remettre en amitié.\Referre gratiam. Terent. Rendre le plaisir ou desplaisir qu'on nous a faict, Rendre la pareille.\Restituere in gratiam. Cic. Remettre en grace.\Retinere alicuius gratiam. Cic. Entretenir son amitié.\Scribere gratias. Gell. Remercier par lettres.\Erat in Syria nostrum nomen in gratia. Cic. Ceulx de Syrie nous aimoyent, Nous estions en leur grace.\Esse in gratia cum aliquo. Cic. Estre aimé de luy, et avoir credit envers luy, Estre en sa grace.\Cum illo magna est mihi gratia. Cic. J'ay grande amitié avec luy.\Cum illo nulla est mihi gratia. Propert. Je n'ay nulle amitié avec luy.\Est gratia. Plaut. Je t'en remercie, Je t'en scay bon gré.\Neque veteranorum, neque possessorum gratiam tenuit. Suet. Il n'a obtenu, Il n'a acquis, Il n'a eu la grace, etc.\Trahere sibi gratiam recte factorum. Tacit. Tirer à soy, S'attribuer.\Tribuere gratiam alicuius rei inuentori. Cic. Attribuer honneur et louange.\Hic nunc credit ea me hic restitisse gratia. Terent. Pour ceste cause, Pour l'amour de cela.\Mitte hunc mea gratia. Plaut. Pour l'amour de moy.\Actio gratiarum. Cic. Remerciement, Regratiement.\Agere gratias et grates. Plaut. Cic. Liu. Remercier, Regratier, Rendre graces, Dire grand merci.\Bibulus Pompeium fecerat certiorem, vt caueret insidias. In quo ei Pompeius gratias egerat. Cic. Dequoy Pompee l'avoit remercié. -
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sĕquor, sĕqui, sĕcūtus sum - tr. -. - [gr]gr. ἕπω, ἓπομαι (*σέπω, *σέπομαι). - la forme active sequo, ĕre est attestée par Gell. 18, 9, 8; Prisc. 8, 6, 29 ; passif sequi Her. 3, 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] suivre, aller à la suite, s'attacher à (au pr. et au fig.). - abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am.: va devant, je suivrai. - sequi procul, Plaut. (sequi magno intervallo, Caes.): suivre de loin. - non tibi sequendus eram, Ov.: il ne fallait pas m'accompagner. - sequi praetorem, Hor.: suivre le préteur, escorter le préteur. - sequi vestigia alicujus, Ov. M. 4: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi terga alicujus, Cic.: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi aliquid oculis, Virg.: suivre qqch des yeux. - neque arborum te ulla sequetur, Hor.: et pas un de ces arbres ne te suivra (aux enfers). - absol. Helvetii secuti, Caes. BG. 1, 24, 4: les Helvètes ayant suivi, cf. Caes. BG. 1, 40. - sequi naturam ducem, Cic. Lael. 19: suivre la nature comme guide. - Epicurus, in quibus sequitur Democritum, non fere labitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 18: Epicure, dans les endroits où il suit Démocrite, ne se trompe pas d'ordinaire. - Panaetius, quem multum in his libris secutus sum, non interpretatus, Cic. Off. 2, 60: Panétius que j'ai beaucoup suivi dans ce traité, sans pourtant le traduire. - sequi auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: suivre l'autorité et les conseils de qqn. - sequi sententiam, Caes. BC. 1, 2, 6: suivre l'avis de qqn. - sequi factum alicujus, Caes. BC. 2, 32, 2: suivre la conduite (l'exemple) de qqn. - nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis, Virg.: le sang suit le coup que nous portons. - sudor membra sequebatur, Virg.: la sueur couvrait les membres. - nares vicinitatem oris secutae sunt, Cic.: les narines ont été placées dans le voisinage de la bouche. - patrem sequuntur liberi, Liv. 4: les enfants suivent la condition de leur père. - post gloriam invidia sequitur, Sall. J. 55: l'envie marche à la suite de la gloire. - damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. BG. 1: la peine infligée au condamné était qu'il devait subir le châtiment du feu. - te fama illa sequetur oppressisse... Sall. Mithr.: s'attachera à toi la gloire d'avoir anéanti... [st1]2 [-] suivre hostilement, poursuivre, courir après. - sequi aliquem nudo ferro, Ov. M. 6: presser qqn l'épée nue à la main. - neque prius finem sequendi fecere quam... Caes. BG. 7, 47: et leur poursuite ne cessa pas avant que... - sequi feras, Ov. M. 2: donner la chasse aux bêtes sauvages. - nos bella sequuntur, Ov.: la guerre s'acharne après nous. - sequi hostes, Caes. BG. 1, 22: poursuivre les ennemis. - finis sequendi, Caes. BG. 7, 17: la fin de la poursuite. [st1]3 [-] suivre (une direction), parcourir en suivant. - sequi avia cursu, Virg.: s'engager en courant dans des chemins détournés. - in re publica viam sequi, Cic. Cat. 4: suivre une voie politique. - rectum sequi, Cic.: marcher dans le droit chemin. [st1]4 [-] se diriger vers; au fig. chercher à atteindre, rechercher, tendre vers, être en quête de, s'attacher, viser à. - sequi Formias, Epirum, Cic.: aller à Formies, gagner l'Epire. - illi cogebantur sequi loca demissa ac palustria, Caes. BC. 3, 49: les ennemis étaient forcés de rejoindre les terrains bas et marécageux. - Italiam non sponte sequor, Virg. En. 4: c'est malgré moi que je poursuis l'Italie. - sequi florentem cytisum, Virg.: chercher le cytise en fleurs. - sequi potus calidos, Plin.: rechercher des boissons chaudes, aimer boire chaud. - sequi lites, Plaut. And. 4, 5, 16: courir après les procès, aimer la chicane. - sequi hymenaeos, Virg.: prétendre à un hymen. - sequi amicitiam, Nep.: rechercher l'amitié. - sequi fasces, Prop.: ambitionner les faisceaux consulaires. - sequi parvas mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: être en quête d'un mince salaire. - sequi tranquillitatem, Cic.: aspirer à la tranquillité. - sequi longius adulationem, Tac.: pousser plus loin la flatterie. - explicemus quid ipsi sequamur, Quint.: montrons l'avantage auquel nous visons. [st1]5 [-] suivre (un exemple, un parti, une opinion), se laisser guider par, se régler sur, se conformer, obéir, adhérer, être attaché à, adopter. - sequi exemplum: suivre l'exemple. - vestrum factum omnia municipia sunt secuta, Caes. BC. 2: c'est votre conduite qu'ont imitée tous les municipes. - sequi optimos, Tac.: se modeler sur les gens de bien. - sequi Platonem auctorem, Cic.: suivre l'autorité de Platon. - amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, Cic. Lael. 12, 43: rester fidèle à un ami lors même qu'il ferait la guerre à son pays. - sequi officium, Cic.: rester fidèle à son devoir. - sequi partes, Vell.: embrasser un parti. - sequi leges, Cic.: se conformer aux lois. - deos duces sequere, Liv. 41: prends les dieux comme guides. - horrentem capillum retro sequuntur, Tac.: ils conservent la coutume de retrousser leurs cheveux. - sequi ardorem militum, Tac.: céder à l'ardeur des soldats. - hoc minimum ut sequamur, Cic.: pour nous en tenir à ce minimum. - non existimationem populi sequentur? Cic.: ne s'en référeront-ils pas à l'opinion du peuple? [st1]6 [-] poursuivre (un discours, une lecture); qqf. dire, parler. - perge sequi interdictum, Cic.: poursuis la lecture de l'ordonnance. - quid majora sequar? Virg. G. 2, 434: pourquoi mentionner une végétation plus haute? - sequemur claritates operum, Plin.: je vais parler des effets les plus remarquables. - sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529: je continue à exposer les causes. - cum ipso sum secuta placide ipsa, Plaut.: je lui ai parlé tranquillement en personne. [st1]7 [-] parler après un autre, répondre. - dicta sic voce secutus, Virg.: il répondit en ces termes. [st1]8 [-] succéder à, venir après; faire suite à un discours. - luce secutura, Ov.: le jour suivant. - sequitur hunc annum pax, Liv. 9: cette année est suivie de la paix. - clamorem res secuta est, Liv.: des cris, on en vint à l'action. - secuturi nepotes, Ov.: les descendants, la postérité. - quae sequuntur: ce qui suit, la suite. - sed sequitur is qui, Cic.: mais en voici venir un qui. - post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, Cic. Att. 4, 2: après la réception de cette lettre, on en est venu à un violent débat au sujet de ma maison. [st1]9 [-] venir comme conséquence, se rattacher à, résulter de. - hunc habitum convenientes mores sequebantur, Liv.: à de telles manières se joignaient des moeurs à l'avenant. - vina quies sequitur, Ov.: l'ivresse amène le sommeil. - modo ne turpitudo sequatur, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: pourvu qu'il n'en résulte pas de déshonneur. [st1]10 [-] échoir à (comme avantage ou comme charge). - sequi heredem, Hor.: échoir à un héritier ou incomber à un héritier. - urbes captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les villes prises sont la part des Etoliens. - ubi malos praemia sequuntur, Sall.: quand les récompenses sont le partage des mauvais citoyens. - quid quod, si bonum esset ira, perfectissimum quemque sequeretur? Sen. Ir. 1: *que dire relativement au fait que* = il y a plus, si la colère était un bien, elle reviendrait (échoirait) aux hommes les plus parfaits. [st1]11 [-] suivre de soi-même, venir naturellement, venir facilement, céder sans résistance. - ipse (ramus) facille sequetur, Virg.: le rameau se détachera sans effort. - telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11: le trait résiste (à la main qui l'arrache). - cerae manum sequuntur, Stat.: la cire s'assouplit sous les doigts. - oratio sequetur quocumque torquebis, Cic.: le style se prêtera à toutes les formes. - laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, Quint. 10, 2, 27: mérite précieux, quand il est spontané et non affecté. - nec verba sequuntur, Virg.: les paroles font défaut. - sequitur tropus oratorem, Quint.: le trope est à la discrétion de l'orateur. [st1]12 [-] impers. sequitur. - sequitur dicere, Dig.: reste à parler de. - sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien. - sequitur ut...: - [abcl]a - il arrive en conséquence que, il s'ensuit que... - [abcl]b - il s'ensuit que (par conséquent, cela prouve que) - [abcl]c - il faut ensuite que, il reste à. - sequitur ut doceam: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer (il me reste à montrer). - num sequitur ut...? Tac.: est-ce une raison pour que...? - sequitur ut nihil paeniteat, nihil desit, nihil obstet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18: il s'ensuit qu'on ne connaît ni repentir, ni insuffisance, ni difficulté. ¶ 2 poursuivre, chercher à atteindre a) ; b) sequi Formias, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: se diriger vers Formies, chercher à gagner Formies, cf. Cic. Att. 3, 16 ; Caes. BC. 3, 49 ; Virg. En. 4, 361; c) platani umbram sequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 28: rechercher l'ombre d'un platane ; sequi praemia recte factorum, Cic. Mil. 96: rechercher la récompense des belles actions, cf. Cic. Lael. 100; Mur. 55; Rep. 3, 18; Leg. 2, 3; Off. 1, 110; sequi probabilia conjectura, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17: chercher à atteindre la vraisemblance par conjecture II [avec inf.] Lucr. 5, 529, s'attacher à ¶ 3 venir après: a) secutum est bellum Africanum, Cic. Dej. 25: vint ensuite la guerre d'Afrique, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 190; Tusc. 5, 72; et quae sequuntur, Cic. Or. 184: et le reste, et ce qui suit, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 110 II sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romana Caudina pax, Liv. 9, 1, 1: après cetta année vient la paix Caudine, célèbre par la défaite des Romains II sequitur ut... doceam, Cic. Verr. 3, 163: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer..., cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 80; deinde sequitur, quibus jus sit... Cic. Leg. 3, 40: puis vient la question de savoir quels sont ceux qui ont le droit... ; b) suivre comme conséquence, comme résultat: sequuntur largitionem rapinae, Cic. Off. 2, 54: à la suite de la prodigalité viennent les rapines, cf. Cic. Lael. 74; Off. 1, 160; 3, 19 ; ex eo tempore discordiae secutae sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 80: à partir de ce moment des discordes ont succédé ; c) s'ensuivre logiquement: [avec prop. inf.] sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2, 105: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 75 ; Fat. 28 ; Tusc. 5, 21; [avec ut subj.] Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; 3, 26 ; Tusc. 5, 53; 5, 67; etc. ¶ 4 suivre de soi-même, céder sans résistance, obéir à une impulsion ; herbae aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. 1, 47: les plantes devenues sèches se brisent avant que de céder à la main, cf. Virg. En. 6, 146; Liv. 38, 21, 11 II [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 176 ; Or. 52 ; non quaesitus est numerus, sed secutus, Cic. Or. 165: le rythme n'a pas été cherché, mais il est venu naturellement, cf. Quint. 10, 2, 27 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14 ¶ 5 échoir comme possession, tomber en partage: ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les terres et les villes prises tombent en partage aux Etoliens II [formule abrégée d'inscription]: H. M. H. N. S. hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur: ce monument ne fait pas partie de l'héritage, cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 13.* * *sĕquor, sĕqui, sĕcūtus sum - tr. -. - [gr]gr. ἕπω, ἓπομαι (*σέπω, *σέπομαι). - la forme active sequo, ĕre est attestée par Gell. 18, 9, 8; Prisc. 8, 6, 29 ; passif sequi Her. 3, 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] suivre, aller à la suite, s'attacher à (au pr. et au fig.). - abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am.: va devant, je suivrai. - sequi procul, Plaut. (sequi magno intervallo, Caes.): suivre de loin. - non tibi sequendus eram, Ov.: il ne fallait pas m'accompagner. - sequi praetorem, Hor.: suivre le préteur, escorter le préteur. - sequi vestigia alicujus, Ov. M. 4: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi terga alicujus, Cic.: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi aliquid oculis, Virg.: suivre qqch des yeux. - neque arborum te ulla sequetur, Hor.: et pas un de ces arbres ne te suivra (aux enfers). - absol. Helvetii secuti, Caes. BG. 1, 24, 4: les Helvètes ayant suivi, cf. Caes. BG. 1, 40. - sequi naturam ducem, Cic. Lael. 19: suivre la nature comme guide. - Epicurus, in quibus sequitur Democritum, non fere labitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 18: Epicure, dans les endroits où il suit Démocrite, ne se trompe pas d'ordinaire. - Panaetius, quem multum in his libris secutus sum, non interpretatus, Cic. Off. 2, 60: Panétius que j'ai beaucoup suivi dans ce traité, sans pourtant le traduire. - sequi auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: suivre l'autorité et les conseils de qqn. - sequi sententiam, Caes. BC. 1, 2, 6: suivre l'avis de qqn. - sequi factum alicujus, Caes. BC. 2, 32, 2: suivre la conduite (l'exemple) de qqn. - nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis, Virg.: le sang suit le coup que nous portons. - sudor membra sequebatur, Virg.: la sueur couvrait les membres. - nares vicinitatem oris secutae sunt, Cic.: les narines ont été placées dans le voisinage de la bouche. - patrem sequuntur liberi, Liv. 4: les enfants suivent la condition de leur père. - post gloriam invidia sequitur, Sall. J. 55: l'envie marche à la suite de la gloire. - damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. BG. 1: la peine infligée au condamné était qu'il devait subir le châtiment du feu. - te fama illa sequetur oppressisse... Sall. Mithr.: s'attachera à toi la gloire d'avoir anéanti... [st1]2 [-] suivre hostilement, poursuivre, courir après. - sequi aliquem nudo ferro, Ov. M. 6: presser qqn l'épée nue à la main. - neque prius finem sequendi fecere quam... Caes. BG. 7, 47: et leur poursuite ne cessa pas avant que... - sequi feras, Ov. M. 2: donner la chasse aux bêtes sauvages. - nos bella sequuntur, Ov.: la guerre s'acharne après nous. - sequi hostes, Caes. BG. 1, 22: poursuivre les ennemis. - finis sequendi, Caes. BG. 7, 17: la fin de la poursuite. [st1]3 [-] suivre (une direction), parcourir en suivant. - sequi avia cursu, Virg.: s'engager en courant dans des chemins détournés. - in re publica viam sequi, Cic. Cat. 4: suivre une voie politique. - rectum sequi, Cic.: marcher dans le droit chemin. [st1]4 [-] se diriger vers; au fig. chercher à atteindre, rechercher, tendre vers, être en quête de, s'attacher, viser à. - sequi Formias, Epirum, Cic.: aller à Formies, gagner l'Epire. - illi cogebantur sequi loca demissa ac palustria, Caes. BC. 3, 49: les ennemis étaient forcés de rejoindre les terrains bas et marécageux. - Italiam non sponte sequor, Virg. En. 4: c'est malgré moi que je poursuis l'Italie. - sequi florentem cytisum, Virg.: chercher le cytise en fleurs. - sequi potus calidos, Plin.: rechercher des boissons chaudes, aimer boire chaud. - sequi lites, Plaut. And. 4, 5, 16: courir après les procès, aimer la chicane. - sequi hymenaeos, Virg.: prétendre à un hymen. - sequi amicitiam, Nep.: rechercher l'amitié. - sequi fasces, Prop.: ambitionner les faisceaux consulaires. - sequi parvas mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: être en quête d'un mince salaire. - sequi tranquillitatem, Cic.: aspirer à la tranquillité. - sequi longius adulationem, Tac.: pousser plus loin la flatterie. - explicemus quid ipsi sequamur, Quint.: montrons l'avantage auquel nous visons. [st1]5 [-] suivre (un exemple, un parti, une opinion), se laisser guider par, se régler sur, se conformer, obéir, adhérer, être attaché à, adopter. - sequi exemplum: suivre l'exemple. - vestrum factum omnia municipia sunt secuta, Caes. BC. 2: c'est votre conduite qu'ont imitée tous les municipes. - sequi optimos, Tac.: se modeler sur les gens de bien. - sequi Platonem auctorem, Cic.: suivre l'autorité de Platon. - amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, Cic. Lael. 12, 43: rester fidèle à un ami lors même qu'il ferait la guerre à son pays. - sequi officium, Cic.: rester fidèle à son devoir. - sequi partes, Vell.: embrasser un parti. - sequi leges, Cic.: se conformer aux lois. - deos duces sequere, Liv. 41: prends les dieux comme guides. - horrentem capillum retro sequuntur, Tac.: ils conservent la coutume de retrousser leurs cheveux. - sequi ardorem militum, Tac.: céder à l'ardeur des soldats. - hoc minimum ut sequamur, Cic.: pour nous en tenir à ce minimum. - non existimationem populi sequentur? Cic.: ne s'en référeront-ils pas à l'opinion du peuple? [st1]6 [-] poursuivre (un discours, une lecture); qqf. dire, parler. - perge sequi interdictum, Cic.: poursuis la lecture de l'ordonnance. - quid majora sequar? Virg. G. 2, 434: pourquoi mentionner une végétation plus haute? - sequemur claritates operum, Plin.: je vais parler des effets les plus remarquables. - sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529: je continue à exposer les causes. - cum ipso sum secuta placide ipsa, Plaut.: je lui ai parlé tranquillement en personne. [st1]7 [-] parler après un autre, répondre. - dicta sic voce secutus, Virg.: il répondit en ces termes. [st1]8 [-] succéder à, venir après; faire suite à un discours. - luce secutura, Ov.: le jour suivant. - sequitur hunc annum pax, Liv. 9: cette année est suivie de la paix. - clamorem res secuta est, Liv.: des cris, on en vint à l'action. - secuturi nepotes, Ov.: les descendants, la postérité. - quae sequuntur: ce qui suit, la suite. - sed sequitur is qui, Cic.: mais en voici venir un qui. - post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, Cic. Att. 4, 2: après la réception de cette lettre, on en est venu à un violent débat au sujet de ma maison. [st1]9 [-] venir comme conséquence, se rattacher à, résulter de. - hunc habitum convenientes mores sequebantur, Liv.: à de telles manières se joignaient des moeurs à l'avenant. - vina quies sequitur, Ov.: l'ivresse amène le sommeil. - modo ne turpitudo sequatur, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: pourvu qu'il n'en résulte pas de déshonneur. [st1]10 [-] échoir à (comme avantage ou comme charge). - sequi heredem, Hor.: échoir à un héritier ou incomber à un héritier. - urbes captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les villes prises sont la part des Etoliens. - ubi malos praemia sequuntur, Sall.: quand les récompenses sont le partage des mauvais citoyens. - quid quod, si bonum esset ira, perfectissimum quemque sequeretur? Sen. Ir. 1: *que dire relativement au fait que* = il y a plus, si la colère était un bien, elle reviendrait (échoirait) aux hommes les plus parfaits. [st1]11 [-] suivre de soi-même, venir naturellement, venir facilement, céder sans résistance. - ipse (ramus) facille sequetur, Virg.: le rameau se détachera sans effort. - telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11: le trait résiste (à la main qui l'arrache). - cerae manum sequuntur, Stat.: la cire s'assouplit sous les doigts. - oratio sequetur quocumque torquebis, Cic.: le style se prêtera à toutes les formes. - laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, Quint. 10, 2, 27: mérite précieux, quand il est spontané et non affecté. - nec verba sequuntur, Virg.: les paroles font défaut. - sequitur tropus oratorem, Quint.: le trope est à la discrétion de l'orateur. [st1]12 [-] impers. sequitur. - sequitur dicere, Dig.: reste à parler de. - sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien. - sequitur ut...: - [abcl]a - il arrive en conséquence que, il s'ensuit que... - [abcl]b - il s'ensuit que (par conséquent, cela prouve que) - [abcl]c - il faut ensuite que, il reste à. - sequitur ut doceam: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer (il me reste à montrer). - num sequitur ut...? Tac.: est-ce une raison pour que...? - sequitur ut nihil paeniteat, nihil desit, nihil obstet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18: il s'ensuit qu'on ne connaît ni repentir, ni insuffisance, ni difficulté. ¶ 2 poursuivre, chercher à atteindre a) ; b) sequi Formias, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: se diriger vers Formies, chercher à gagner Formies, cf. Cic. Att. 3, 16 ; Caes. BC. 3, 49 ; Virg. En. 4, 361; c) platani umbram sequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 28: rechercher l'ombre d'un platane ; sequi praemia recte factorum, Cic. Mil. 96: rechercher la récompense des belles actions, cf. Cic. Lael. 100; Mur. 55; Rep. 3, 18; Leg. 2, 3; Off. 1, 110; sequi probabilia conjectura, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17: chercher à atteindre la vraisemblance par conjecture II [avec inf.] Lucr. 5, 529, s'attacher à ¶ 3 venir après: a) secutum est bellum Africanum, Cic. Dej. 25: vint ensuite la guerre d'Afrique, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 190; Tusc. 5, 72; et quae sequuntur, Cic. Or. 184: et le reste, et ce qui suit, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 110 II sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romana Caudina pax, Liv. 9, 1, 1: après cetta année vient la paix Caudine, célèbre par la défaite des Romains II sequitur ut... doceam, Cic. Verr. 3, 163: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer..., cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 80; deinde sequitur, quibus jus sit... Cic. Leg. 3, 40: puis vient la question de savoir quels sont ceux qui ont le droit... ; b) suivre comme conséquence, comme résultat: sequuntur largitionem rapinae, Cic. Off. 2, 54: à la suite de la prodigalité viennent les rapines, cf. Cic. Lael. 74; Off. 1, 160; 3, 19 ; ex eo tempore discordiae secutae sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 80: à partir de ce moment des discordes ont succédé ; c) s'ensuivre logiquement: [avec prop. inf.] sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2, 105: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 75 ; Fat. 28 ; Tusc. 5, 21; [avec ut subj.] Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; 3, 26 ; Tusc. 5, 53; 5, 67; etc. ¶ 4 suivre de soi-même, céder sans résistance, obéir à une impulsion ; herbae aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. 1, 47: les plantes devenues sèches se brisent avant que de céder à la main, cf. Virg. En. 6, 146; Liv. 38, 21, 11 II [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 176 ; Or. 52 ; non quaesitus est numerus, sed secutus, Cic. Or. 165: le rythme n'a pas été cherché, mais il est venu naturellement, cf. Quint. 10, 2, 27 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14 ¶ 5 échoir comme possession, tomber en partage: ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les terres et les villes prises tombent en partage aux Etoliens II [formule abrégée d'inscription]: H. M. H. N. S. hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur: ce monument ne fait pas partie de l'héritage, cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 13.* * *Sequor, sequeris, sequutus sum, sequi. Terent. Suyvre.\Amicitiam alicuius sequi. Cic. Entretenir son alliance.\Amicum sequi. Cic. Faire ce qu'il luy plaist, Luy obeir.\Authoritatem alicuius sequi. Cic. La suyvre.\Compendia temporis sequi. Columel. Tascher à n'employer de temps que le moins qu'on peult en quelque chose, Suyvre brieveté, Eviter despense de temps.\Consuetudinem sequi. Plin. iunior. Faire selon la coustume, Suyvre la coustume.\Ex fuga aliquem sequi. Caes. Aller apres aucun qui s'enfuit, et fuir avec luy.\Fames sequuta est. Plin. Est ensuyvie.\Feras sequi. Ouid. Poursuyvre, Chasser aux bestes sauvages.\Fidem alicuius sequi. Caesar. Croire à sa parolle, à sa foy et promesse.\Caesaris fidem sequutus. Caes. A l'adveu de Cesar.\Fidem Populi Romani sequi. Cicero. Tenir le parti du peuple Romain.\Fortunam suam sequi. Liu. Suyvre sa fortune.\Gratiam Caesaris sequi. Caes. Tascher d'estre en son amitié, Pourchasser son amitié.\Sequi librum lapsum. Plin. iunior. Suyvre pour le recueillir et relever.\Sequi lites. Terent. Plaider.\Matrimonium diuitis sequi. Plin. iunior. Suyvre le parti d'une personne riche, et la prendre à mari ou à femme.\Naturam ducem sequi. Cic. Faire ce que nature nous enseigne.\Officium sequi. Cic. Faire son debvoir, et y satisfaire, S'acquicter de son debvoir.\Promissa sequi. Liu. S'attendre aux promesses d'aucun.\Quaestum et sumptum alicuius sequi. Cic. Ensuyvre sa profession et maniere d'acquerir et de despendre.\Sectam alicuius sequi. Liu. Tenir ou suyvre son parti.\Sententiam alicuius sequi. Cic. Estre de son opinion, Tenir ou suyvre son opinion.\Vtilitates sequi. Cic. Cercher ses prouffits.\Verbum aliquod sequi. Cic. Prendre un mot à la rigueur, Suyvre le sens de la lettre.\Vestigiis sequi. Liu. Suyvre pas à pas, ou Suyvre le train et la trace.\Voce aliquem sequi. Virgil. Suyvre de parolles aucun qui s'en va.\Sequitur, absolute. Cic. Il s'ensuit. -
4 Gratia
grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].I.(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):B.pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;2.esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.II. A.In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):B.ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):A.quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).(α).With gen.:(β).sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—With pron. (mostly ante-class.):B.meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11. -
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grātĭa, ae, f. [gratus; lit., favor, both that in which one stands with others and that which one shows to others].I.(Acc. to gratus, I.) Favor which one finds with others, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship (syn. favor):B.pluris pauciorum gratiam faciunt pars hominum quam id quod prosint pluribus,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 12:perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,
id. Curc. 1, 2, 68:ut majores ejus (Plancii) summum in praefectura florentissima gradum tenuerint et dignitatis et gratiae,
Cic. Planc. 13, 32; cf.:Sex. Roscius gratia atque hospitiis florens hominum nobilissimorum,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:deinde si maxime talis est deus, ut nulla gratia, nulla hominum caritate teneatur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 124:neque quo Cn. Pompeii gratiam mihi per hanc causam conciliari putem,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 24, 70; cf.:aliquem restituere in gratiam,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23:aliquem restituere in ejus veterem gratiam,
id. Att. 1, 3, 3:in gratiam reducere,
id. Rab. Post. 8, 19; cf.also: cum aliquo in gratiam redire,
to reconcile one's self with one, id. Att. 1, 14, 7; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1; id. Thras. 3 fin.; id. Dat. 8, 5 al.:alicujus gratiam sequi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3; cf.:si suam gratiam Romani velint, posse eis utiles esse amicos,
id. B. G. 4, 7, 4:ab aliquo inire gratiam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 46, § 113:a bonis omnibus summam inire gratiam,
id. Att. 7, 9, 3:magnam inire gratiam,
id. Fin. 4, 12, 31:quantam eo facto ad plebem inierat gratiam,
Liv. 33, 46, 7:apud regem gratiam initam volebant,
id. 36, 5, 3:at te apud eum, dii boni, quanta in gratia posui!
Cic. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6 fin.;with a different construction: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiam (Ern. conj. in gratia),
Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3:cum aliquo in laude et in gratia esse,
id. Verr. 1, 17, 51; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2:inter vos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componantur gratia quam cum mala,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17 Ruhnk.:plerique (in divortio) cum bona gratia discedunt,
Dig. 24, 1, 32, § 10;without bona: cum istuc quod postulo impetro cum gratia,
with a good grace, Ter. And. 2, 5, 11:omnia quae potui in hac summa tua gratia ac potentia a te impetrare,
credit, influence, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; cf.:Iccius Remus, summa nobilitate et gratia inter suos,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6, 4; 1, 43, 8:gratiā plurimum posse,
id. ib. 1, 9, 3; 1, 20, 2; cf.:quantum gratia, auctoritate, pecunia valent,
id. ib. 7, 63, 1:gratiā valere,
id. B. C. 2, 44, 1:inproba quamvis Gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,
Juv. 13, 4:quem triumphum magis gratiae quam rerum gestarum magnitudini datum constabat,
Liv. 40, 59, 1.—In plur.:L. Murenae provincia multas bonas gratias cum optima existimatione attulit,
tokens of favor, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:cum haec res plurimas gratias, firmissimas amicitias pariat,
id. ib. 11, 24:non hominum potentium studio, non excellentibus gratiis paucorum, sed universi populi Romani judicio consulem factum,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 7.—Transf., objectively, like the Gr. charis, agreeableness, pleasantness, charm, beauty, loveliness, grace (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose;2.esp. freq. in Quint.): gratia formae,
Ov. M. 7, 44; Suet. Tit. 3:corporis,
id. Vit. 3; id. Vit. Ter. 1; Plin. 28, 19, 79, § 260:quid ille gratiae in vultu ostenderit,
Quint. 6 prooem. § 7; cf. id. 6, 3, 26:unica nec desit jocundis gratia verbis,
charm, Prop. 1, 2, 29; cf.: neque abest facundis gratia dictis, Ov. M. 13, 127:plenus est jucunditatis et gratiae (Horatius),
Quint. 10, 1, 96:sermonis Attici,
id. ib. 65;12, 10, 35: dicendi,
id. 9, 3, 74:brevitatis novitatisque,
id. ib. 58:omnis bene scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 46 et saep.; Cels. 4, 29 med.:uvis et vinis gratiam affert fumus fabrilis,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 17, 9, 6, § 53. —Hence,As a nom. propr.: Grātiae, ārum, f., a transl. of the Gr. Charites, the goddesses of favor, loveliness, grace, etc., the three Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 3; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720; Hor. C. 1, 4, 6; 1, 30, 6; 3, 19, 16; 3, 21, 22; Quint. 10, 1, 82.—In sing.: Grātia, ae, collect., Ov. M. 6, 429.II. A.In gen. (rare): ita mihi Telamonis patris, avi Aeaci et proavi Jovis grata est gratia, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 23 (Trag. v. 367 Vahl.):B.ergo ab eo petito gratiam istam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 63; cf.:gratiam a patre si petimus, spero ab eo impetrassere,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 23:petivit in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82, § 189; cf.:quod beneficii gratiaeque causa concessit,
id. ib. 2, 3, 48 fin.:hanc gratiam ut sibi des,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 30:juris jurandi volo gratiam facias,
excuse, release, Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 59; cf.:alicui delicti gratiam facere,
to grant pardon, forgive, Sall. J. 104 fin. Kritz.:qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti gratiam fecissem,
id. Cat. 52, 8; cf.also: quibus senatus belli Lepidani gratiam fecerat,
id. Fragm. 3, 34 Gerl.:alii ipsi professi se pugnaturos in gratiam ducis,
to please, for the sake of, Liv. 28, 21, 4; cf.:deletam urbem cernimus eorum, quorum in gratiam Saguntum deleverat Hannibal,
id. 28, 39, 12 Drak.:in gratiam alicujus,
id. 35, 2, 6; 39, 26, 12; Vell. 2, 41, 2; Suet. Tib. 49 al.; cf.also: data visceratio in praeteritam judicii gratiam,
for the favor shown him on the trial, Liv. 8, 22, 4:nil ibi majorum respectus, gratia nulla umbrarum,
Juv. 8, 64.—In partic., a mark of favor shown for a service rendered, thanks (by word or deed), thankfulness, gratitude; acknowledgment, return, requital (the form with agere of returning thanks is the plur., but with habere, referre, debere, nearly always in sing.; but when thanks are due to or rendered by more than one person, the form gratias referre, etc., may be used; v. infra., and cf. Krebs. Antibarb. p. 505):A.quae (gratia) in memoria et remuneratione officiorum et honoris et amicitiarum observantiam teneat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66; cf.:gratia est, in qua amicitiarum et officiorum alterius memoria et remunerandi voluntas continetur,
id. ib. 2, 53, 161:immortales ago tibi gratias agamque dum vivam: nam relaturum me affirmare non possum,
id. Fam. 10, 11, 1; cf.:renuntiate, gratias regi me agere: referre gratiam aliam nunc non posse, quam ut suadeam, ne, etc.,
Liv. 37, 37, 8 (v. ago):dīs gratias agere... si referre studeant gratias,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 26 sq.:L. Lucceius meus, homo omnium gratissimus, mirificas tibi apud me gratias egit, cum diceret, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 42, 1:eique amplissimis verbis per senatus consultum gratias egimus,
id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter,
id. Fam. 1, 10:justissimas gratias agere,
id. Leg. 2, 3, 6:quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:nunc tecum sic agam, tulisse ut potius injuriam, quam retulisse gratiam videar,
to have made a return, requital, recompense, id. Sull. 16, 47 fin.:magno meo beneficio affecti cumulatissime mihi gratiam retulerunt,
id. Fam. 13, 4, 1:praeclaram vero populo Romano refers gratiam,
id. Cat. 1, 11, 28:ut pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores eis habeantur gratiaeque referantur,
id. Phil. 3, 15, 39; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 25:me omnibus, si minus referenda gratia satisfacere potuerim, at praedicanda et habenda certe satis esse facturum,
if I cannot requite... I can extol, id. Balb. 1, 2; cf.: nimirum inops ille, si bonus est vir, etiam si referre gratiam non potest, habere certe potest. Commode autem quicumque dixit, pecuniam qui habeat, non reddidisse; qui reddiderit, non habere: gratiam autem et qui retulerit, habere et qui habeat retulisse, id. Off. 2, 20, 69; id. Planc. 28, 68; cf. id. ib. 42, 101; id. Fam. 5, 11, 1:gratias habere,
Liv. 24, 37, 7:alicui summas gratias habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 33:alicui maximas infinitasque agere atque habere gratias, quod, etc.,
Vitr. 6 praef. 4:merito vestro maximas vobis gratias omnes et agere et habere debemus,
Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25:meritam dīs immortalibus gratiam justis honoribus et memori mente persolvere,
id. Planc. 33, 80:pro beneficio gratiam repetere,
Liv. 1, 47, 7:gratias ob hoc agere, quod, etc.,
Liv. 54, 50, 4; so with ob, Plin. Ep. 9, 31, 21; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10, 9:pro tuo summo beneficio gratias agere,
Cic. Att. 16, 16, 16; Liv. 23, 11, 12; Plin, Pan. 25, 1; cf. Gell. 9, 3, 5:dum carmine nostro Redditur agricolis gratia caelitibus,
Tib. 2, 1, 36; cf.:hoc certe justitiae convenit suum cuique reddere, beneficio gratiam, injuriae talionem aut certe malam gratiam,
Sen. Ep. 81 med.;rarely: in gratiam habere (=ita accipere, ut ad gratiam comparandam valere putet),
to accept as thankworthy, Sall. J. 111, 1:unum vis curem: curo. Et est dīs gratia, Cum ita, ut volo, est,
I thank, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 58; cf.: Er. Eamus intro, ut prandeamus. Me. Bene vocas: tam gratia est, no, I'm much obliged to you (the negative being omitted, as in the Fr. je vous remercie, and the Germ. ich danke sehr), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 36.—Ellipt.: fores effregit? restituentur;discidit Vestem? resarcietur: est, dīs gratia, Et unde haec fiant, et adhuc non molesta sunt,
thank Heaven, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41.—With acc. and inf. (anteclass. and post-Aug.):dīs gratias agebat, tempus sibi dari, etc.,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 6; Tac. H. 4, 64; cf. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 4; id. And. 1, 1, 15.—Hence, as adverbs:grātĭā (acc. to II. A.), lit., in favor of, on account of, for the sake of; hence, in gen., on account of (usually placed after the gen., in Quint. a few times before it; cf.: causa, ergo).(α).With gen.:(β).sed neque longioribus quam oportet hyperbatis compositioni serviamus, ne quae ejus gratia fecerimus, propter eam fecisse videamur,
lest what we have done to embellish the style we should seem to have done merely on account of the construction we had chosen, Quint. 9, 4, 144:tantum abest, ut haec bestiarum etiam causa parata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratia, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.); cf.:honoris gratia nomino,
Cic. Quint. 7, 28:nuptiarum gratia haec sunt ficta atque incepta omnia,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 17:simulabat sese negotii gratia properare,
Sall. J. 76, 1: hominem occisum esse constat;non praedae gratia: quia inspoliatus est,
Quint. 7, 1, 33; cf.:hereditatis gratia,
id. 5, 12, 5:quem censores senatu probri gratia moverant,
Sall. C. 23, 1:profectus gratia dicere,
Quint. 2, 10, 9:brevitatis gratia,
id. 4, 2, 43:decoris gratia,
id. 8, 6, 65:difficultatis gratia,
id. 9, 2, 77:aut invidiae gratia... aut miserationis,
id. 9, 2, 8:praesentis gratia litis,
id. 2, 7, 4 al. —With gerund.: duxit me uxorem liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):ut aut voluptates omittantur majorum voluptatum adipiscendarum causa, aut dolores suscipiantur majorum dolorum effugiendorum gratia,
Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 43, 2:tentandi gratia,
Sall. J. 47, 2:hiemandi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 3:colloquendi gratia,
id. ib. 61, 4:placandi gratia,
id. ib. 71, 5:simulandi gratia,
id. ib. 37, 4:sui exposcendi gratia,
Nep. Hann. 7, 6:amplificandi gratia... vel miserandi,
Quint. 9, 3, 28:elevandae invidiae gratia,
id. 5, 13, 40:recuperandae dignitatis gratia,
id. 11, 1, 79:vitandae similitudinis gratia,
id. 9, 1, 11 al. —Ellipt.: ejus generis hae sunt quaestiones. Si, exempli gratia, vir bonus Alexandria Rhodum magnum frumenti numerum advexerit, etc., for example, for instance (for the usual exempli causa; so,verbi gratia, for verbi causa, infra),
Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50; so,exempli gratia,
Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 110;for which in full: pauca tamen exempli gratia ponam,
Quint. 6, 5, 6:eorum unam discordiam ponemus exempli gratia,
Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 213:propter aliam quampiam rem, verbi gratia propter voluptatem,
for instance, Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—Placed before the [p. 826] gen.:gratiā decoris,
Quint. 8 praef. §18: compositionis,
id. 9, 4, 58:lenitatis,
id. 9, 4, 144:significationis,
id. 8, 6, 2.—With pron. (mostly ante-class.):B.meā gratiā,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 64; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3:qui nihil ocius venit tamen hac gratia,
id. Stich. 5, 1, 5; cf.:abire istac gratia,
id. Ps. 1, 5, 138: (Medea) per agros passim dispergit corpus: id eā gratiā, Ut, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67; so,eā gratiā,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 20; id. Hec. 4, 3, 11:sed huc qua gratia te arcessi jussi, ausculta,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 79:id ea gratia eveniebat, quod nemo ex fuga regem sequitur,
Sall. J. 54, 4:id ea gratia facilius fuit, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 80, 4.—grā-tĭīs (always as a trisyll. in ante-class. poets; Pompon. Com. Fragm. v. 110 Rib.; Plaut. As. prol. 5; id. Ep. 3, 4, 38; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Charis. p. 1806; so in Cic. Verr. 2, 4 and 5 Halm), and contr., grātīs (since the class. per.; acc. to II. A.), lit., out of favor or kindness; hence, pregn., without recompense or reward, for nothing, gratuitously, gratis, proika (cf.:gratuito, nequidquam, frustra): quae (psaltria) quantum potest Aliquo abicienda est, si non pretio, at gratiis,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26; cf. Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 46:si mihi dantur duo talenta argenti numerata in manum, Hanc tibi noctem honoris causa gratiis dono dabo,
id. As. 1, 3, 38 sq.:quam introduxistis fidicinam, atque etiam fides, Ei quae accessere, tibi addam dono gratiis,
into the bargain, to boot, id. Ep. 3, 4, 38:quae Romae magna cum infamia pretio accepto edixeras, ea sola te, ne gratis in provincia male audires, ex edicto Siciliensi sustulisse video,
Cic. Verr. 1, 46, 118:hic primum questus est non leviter Saturius, communem factum esse gratis cum Roscio, qui pretio proprius fuisset Fanni,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 27:gratis dare alicui (opp. pretium accipere ab aliquo),
Mart. 14, 175, 2:id me scis antea gratis tibi esse pollicitum. Quid nunc putas, tanta mihi abs te mercede proposita?
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 7:gratis rei publicae servire,
id. Clu. 26, 71:tantum gratis pagina nostra placet,
Mart. 5, 16, 10:virtutes omnes per se ipsas gratis diligere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 83.—Opp. for payment:is repente, ut Romam venit, gratis praetor factus est. Alia porro pecunia ne accusaretur data,
Cic. Verr. 1, 39, 101; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 19, §48: habitent gratis in alieno?
id. Off. 2, 23, 83; so,habitare in aedibus alienis,
Dig. 39, 5, 9:habitationem cui dare,
free of cost, ib. 19, 2, 53, § 2; Mart. 10, 3, 11. -
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sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.I.Lit.A.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).i, jam sequor te, mater,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:ne sequerer moechas,
id. ib. 1, 4, 113:vallem,
Liv. 32, 6, 5:pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,
Ov. M. 8, 332:vestigia alicujus,
id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):b.abi prae, jam ego sequar,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?
id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:curriculo sequi,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24:si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:servi sequentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:hos aliae gentes sequebantur,
id. 4, 12, 9.—Of things:B.magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:zonā bene te secutā,
id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—In partic.1.To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:2.hostes sequitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:hostem,
Ov. M. 13, 548:fugacem,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:feras,
Ov. M. 2, 498:nudo genitas Pandione ferro,
id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:hostem pilo,
Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:finem sequendi facere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):(β).sequens annus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:sequente anno,
Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:secuto die,
id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:secuta aetas,
id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:sequenti senatu,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:secuturo Phoebo,
Luc. 2, 528:sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,
Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,
Tac. A. 11, 38:Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,
Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:3.ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;sequitur clamor,
Verg. A. 9, 504:tonitrum secuti nimbi,
Ov. M. 14, 542:lacrimae sunt verba secutae,
id. ib. 9, 780:nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,
and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:4.ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,
Liv. 33, 13, 10:ut victorem res sequeretur,
id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:heredem monumentum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:heredem possessio,
Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,
Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—To go towards or to a place:5.Formias nunc sequimur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:Epirum, Cyzicum,
id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:Italiam,
Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:Itala regna,
Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:II.herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,
Verg. A. 6, 146:cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,
Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,
Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,
Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.Trop.A.In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;B.consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,
to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,
should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,
id. ib. 20, 74:post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,
Liv. 5, 6, 7. —In partic.1.To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:2.sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,
Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,sectam,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 12, 41:amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,
id. ib. 12, 43:auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:sententiam Scipionis,
id. ib. 1, 2:vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,
have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,
id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:arma victricia,
Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,
Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:si modo verba sequantur,
Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:3.eam (sc. utilitatem),
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:justitiam,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,
id. Mur. 27, 55:amoenitatem et salubritatem,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:lites,
id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:gratiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1:linguam et nomen,
Liv. 31, 7:mercedes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:quae nocuere (opp. fugere),
id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 72:ferro extrema,
Verg. A. 6, 457:fidem,
Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:plurisque sequor disponere causas,
Lucr. 5, 529.—In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:4.sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,
Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:5.nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:sequitur igitur ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:sequitur ergo ut, etc.,
Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,
id. Or. 49, 165:lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,
Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,
Hor. A. P. 311:sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,
Quint. 2, 14, 1:laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,
id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,
Quint. 5, 10, 42:reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,
Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:sequenti tempore,
Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:sequente anno,
id. 3, 31, 2:sequenti nocte,
Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,
the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,
Quint. 8, 6, 40. -
7 sequor
sĕquor, sĕcūtus (also written sequutus; gen. plur. part. sync. sequentūm, Verg. G. 3, 111), 3, v. dep. ( act. collat. form sĕquo, acc. to Gell. 18, 9, 8 sq.; and Prisc. p. 799 P.) [Sanscr. sak-, to follow; sakis, friend; Gr. hepomai, hepô; cf. Lat. socius], to follow, to come or go after, to follow after, attend.I.Lit.A.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).i, jam sequor te, mater,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 16:neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 69 sq.:qui ex urbe amicitiae causā Caesarem secuti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 7, 50; Hor. S. 1, 6, 108:ne sequerer moechas,
id. ib. 1, 4, 113:vallem,
Liv. 32, 6, 5:pars pressa sequuntur Signa pedum,
Ov. M. 8, 332:vestigia alicujus,
id. ib. 4, 514; 9, 639; 10, 710 et saep.—Absol. (so most freq. in Plaut.):b.abi prae, jam ego sequar,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 46; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 69: Di. Sequere intro. Pa. Sequor, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 64; 5, 2, 90; id. Aul. 2, 5, 23 et saep.:quisnam est, qui sequitur procul?
id. Poen. 3, 3, 6:funus interim procedit: sequimur: ad sepulcrum venimus,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 101:curriculo sequi,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 12:Helvetii cum omnibus suis carris secuti,
Caes. B. G. 1, 24:si nemo sequatur, tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.:servi sequentes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 78: hos falcati currus sequebantur, Curt. 4, 12, 6:hos aliae gentes sequebantur,
id. 4, 12, 9.—Of things:B.magna multitudo carrorum sequi Gallos consuevit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:neque Ulla (arbor) brevem dominum sequetur,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 24:zonā bene te secutā,
id. ib. 3, 27, 59.—In partic.1.To follow in a hostile manner; to chase, pursue:2.hostes sequitur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 22 fin.:hostem,
Ov. M. 13, 548:fugacem,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:feras,
Ov. M. 2, 498:nudo genitas Pandione ferro,
id. ib. 6, 666; cf.:hostem pilo,
Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.—Absol.:finem sequendi facere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 47; 7, 68 Oud. N. cr. —To follow in time or order; to succeed, come after (esp. freq. in part. pres.): aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):(β).sequens annus,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:sequente anno,
Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170:secuto die,
id. 13, 22, 43, § 126:secuta aetas,
id. 6, 23, 26, § 101:sequenti senatu,
Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 1:secuturo Phoebo,
Luc. 2, 528:sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romanā Caudinā pax,
Liv. 9, 1 et saep.:ne secutis quidem diebus Claudius ullius humani affectūs signa dedit,
Tac. A. 11, 38:Africanus sequens, i. e. minor,
Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211.—With the notion of cause implied, to follow, result, ensue:3.ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: increpuit;sequitur clamor,
Verg. A. 9, 504:tonitrum secuti nimbi,
Ov. M. 14, 542:lacrimae sunt verba secutae,
id. ib. 9, 780:nisi forte sic loqui paenitet, Quā tempestate Paris Helenam et quae sequuntur,
and so on, and so forth, Cic. Or. 49, 164; id. Tusc. 3, 18, 42; 3, 19, 44.—Of a possession or inheritance, to follow, i. e. to fall to the share of any one:4.ut belli praeda Romanos, ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequerentur,
Liv. 33, 13, 10:ut victorem res sequeretur,
id. 28, 21, 5: si quis mortuos est Arpinatis, ejus heredem sacra non secuntur, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.—Abbreviated on monuments, H. M. H. N. S.:heredem monumentum,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 13:heredem possessio,
Plin. 9, 35, 60, § 124:quo minus gloriam petebat, eo magis illum sequebatur,
Sall. C. 54 fin.; v. Fabri ad h. l.;and cf.: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—To go towards or to a place:5.Formias nunc sequimur,
Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2:Epirum, Cyzicum,
id. ib. 3, 16; Caes. B. C. 3, 49:Italiam,
Verg. A. 4, 361; 4, 381; 5, 629:Itala regna,
Ov. H. 7, 10; id. F. 6, 109; Val. Fl. 1, 3.—Pregn., to follow the hand in plucking or pulling; to come off or away, come out; to come easily, come of itself:II.herbae dum tenerae sunt vellendae: aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 47; cf.:oratio mollis et tenera et ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,
Cic. Or. 16, 52; and:nihil est tam tenerum neque tam flexibile neque quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 176:ipse (ramus) volens facilisque sequetur, Si te fata vocant,
Verg. A. 6, 146:cum scrutantes, quae vellant, telum non sequitur,
Liv. 38, 21, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:jamque secuta manum nullo cogente sagitta Excidit,
Verg. A. 12, 423; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 113:trahit ille manu sine custode lignum: Id quoque vix sequitur,
Ov. M. 12, 372; cf.: cera mollis sequensque digitos, yielding to, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 11.Trop.A.In gen., to follow, succeed, result, ensue (usu. of an immediate consequence;B.consequor, usu. of one more remote): si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: patrem sequuntur liberi, succeed to the rank or condition of their father, Liv. 4, 4 fin.:quoniam hanc (Caesar) in re publicā viam, quae popularis habetur, secutus est,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9:damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur,
to befall, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur,
should ensue, Cic. Lael. 17, 61:dispares mores disparia studia sequuntur,
id. ib. 20, 74:post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2: post gloriam invidiam sequi. Sall. J. 55, 3:an mediocre discrimen opinionis secuturum ex hac re putatis,
Liv. 5, 6, 7. —In partic.1.To follow (as a leader) an authority, a party, an example, a plan, etc.; to follow in the track of; to comply with, accede to, conform to: sequi naturam, optimam bene vivendi ducem, Cic. Lael. 5, 19; cf. id. ib. 12, 42:2.sequamur potissimum Polybium nostrum,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 27:eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales,
Naev. Bell. Pun. 1, 16; so,sectam,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104; id. Sest. 45, 97; Liv. 8, 19, 10 al. (v. secta):Ti. Gracchus regnum occupare conatus est... hunc post mortem secuti amici, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 12, 41:amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi,
id. ib. 12, 43:auctoritatem et consilium alicujus,
id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; so (with obtemperare voluntati) Caes. B. C. 1, 35:sententiam Scipionis,
id. ib. 1, 2:vos vestrumque factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta,
have followed, imitated, id. ib. 2, 32:haec qui dicunt, quam rationem sequantur, vides,
Cic. Div. 2, 6, 17:novum quoddam et subagreste consilium,
id. Rep. 2, 7, 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 28, 51:Pompeio esse in animo, rei publicae non deesse, si senatus sequatur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:arma victricia,
Verg. A. 3, 54.—Of an auditor, to follow an orator or a speech:quos more prisco apud judicem fabulantes non auditores sequuntur, non populus audit,
Tac. Or. 23: non lingua valet, non corpore notae Sufficiunt vires, nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. attend or obey the will, Verg. A. 12, 912; cf.:si modo verba sequantur,
Ov. M. 1, 647. —Esp. milit. t. t.: signa sequi, to march in rank, Sall. J. 80, 2; Curt. 3, 2, 13.—To follow or pursue an end or object; to strive for, aim at, seek to attain:3.eam (sc. utilitatem),
Cic. Lael. 27, 100:justitiam,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 18:otium ac tranquillitatem vitae,
id. Mur. 27, 55:amoenitatem et salubritatem,
id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:matris commodum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:lites,
id. And. 4, 5, 16; id. Ad. 2, 2, 40:gratiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 1:linguam et nomen,
Liv. 31, 7:mercedes,
Hor. S. 1, 6, 87:quae nocuere (opp. fugere),
id. Ep. 1, 8, 11; cf.:nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,
id. ib. 1, 1, 72:ferro extrema,
Verg. A. 6, 457:fidem,
Vell. 2, 107, 2.—With inf.:plurisque sequor disponere causas,
Lucr. 5, 529.—In discourse, to follow in order or sequence; to come next in order, to succeed:4.sequitur is (rex), qui, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 16, 55:haec sint dicta de aëre. Sequitur terra, cui, etc.,
Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154:ac de primā quidem parte satis dictum est. Sequitur, ut doceam, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 80 sq. — With inf.:sequitur videre de eo, quod, etc.,
Dig. 45, 1, 91, § 3; 41, 3, 4.—In logical conclusions, to follow, ensue; with subject-clause:5.nec si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico, esse causas immutabiles, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21.—With ut:si haec enuntiatio vera non est, sequitur, ut falsa sit,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28; 5, 9; 10, 22; id. Fin. 2, 8, 24; 3, 7, 26:sequitur igitur ut, etc.,
id. Tusc. 5, 18, 53; id. Par. 3, 1, 22:sequitur ergo ut, etc.,
Curt. 7, 1, 40; Quint. 3, 8, 23; 3, 11, 17; 6, 5, 8 al.—To follow or come naturally or easily; to be obtained without effort:tantum hominis valuit exercitatio ut, cum se mente ac voluntate, conjecisset in versum, verba sequerentur,
Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194 Sorof ad loc.:non quaesitum esse numerum, sed secutum,
id. Or. 49, 165:lingua tacet nec vox tentataque verba sequuntur,
Ov. M. 11, 326; 1, 647; Stat. Th. 11, 602:verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,
Hor. A. P. 311:sed non omnia nos ducentes e Graeco sequuntur,
Quint. 2, 14, 1:laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur,
id. 10, 2, 27; 8, prooem. § 8;8, 6, 24: sequi gloria, non appeti debet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14.—Hence, sĕquens, entis, P. a., next, next following in order (cf.: proximus, posterior;not in Cic. or Cæs.): prius illud... hoc sequens,
Quint. 5, 10, 42:reliqua morborum genera sequenti dicemus volumine,
Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 143.—Esp., with designations of time:sequenti tempore,
Nep. Thras. 4, 4; Quint. 1, 5, 52; Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 2; Suet. Tib. 38: sequenti die, Auct. B. Hisp. 28, 1; Suet. Ner. 15; Liv. 23, 36, 7:sequente anno,
id. 3, 31, 2:sequenti nocte,
Suet. Aug. 94; so also Curt. 4, 7, 10; Tac. A. 2, 53; Col. 4, 15, 3; 4, 21, 3; 4, 27, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189; 30, 8, 21, § 66; 17, 22. 35, § 178; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6; 5, 12, 1; 6, 31, 3:Suilium mox sequens aetas vidit praepotentem,
the next generation, Tac. A. 4, 31 qui praesenti potentiā credunt exstingui [p. 1678] posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam, Tac. A. 4, 35.—As subst., used by some for epitheton, an epithet, acc. to Quintilian;as, dentes albi, umida vina... o scelus abominandum, etc.,
Quint. 8, 6, 40. -
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- formes arch. endŏ et indŭ, cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 etc.; gr. ἐν, ἐν-θα, ἐν-θεν, εἰς, i. e. ἐν-ς, ἀνά. - voir l'article in de Gaffiot. [ABCU]A - ĭn, prép. [st1]1 [-] avec l'accusatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on va, le but, l'aboutissement, la conformité, la distributivité, le temps (jusqu'à, pour) dans, en, sur, jusqu'à, pour, contre, conformément à, par (distributif). - eo in urbem: je vais en ville. - in meridiem: du côté du midi. - in latitudinem: dans le sens de la largeur. - in altitudinem: en hauteur. - dormire in lucem: dormir jusqu'au jour. - in diem vivere: vivre au jour le jour. - in omnes partes: sous tous les rapports. - in multam noctem: jusqu'au milieu de la nuit. - amor in patria: l'amour pour la patrie. - in rem esse: être utile. - dicere in aliquem: parler contre qqn. - in Verrem oratio: discours contre Verrès. - in verba alicujus jurare: jurer selon la formule de qqn, prononcer le serment dicté par qqn. - pacem dare in has leges: accorder la paix à ces conditions. - servilem in modum: à la façon d'un esclave. - in capita: par tête. - in militem: par soldats. - in singulos equites tunicas dare: donner une tunique à chaque cavalier. - in perpetuum: pour toujours. - in posterum diem: pour le lendemain. - emere in diem: acheter pour une date fixée. - in sex menses: pour six mois. - in dies (singulos): [jour par jour] = au jour le jour. - in universum: en général. - in vicem (invicem, in vices): à son tour, en retour. [st1]2 [-] avec l'ablatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on est, le temps dans diverses locutions dans, sur, en, à propos de, quand il s'agit de, parmi, pour - sum in horto: je suis dans le jardin. - in paucis diebus: en peu de jours. - in primo congressu: au premier choc. - in amicis eligendis: quand il s'agit de choisir des amis. - in bonis oratoribus: parmi les bons orateurs. - in salute reipublicae: quand il y va du salut de la république. - in manu: à portée de la main. - in aere alieno esse: avoir des dettes. - in suis summis esse: ne pas avoir de dettes. - in tempore: à temps. - in oculis: sous les yeux. - in tanta re: lorsqu'il s'agit d'une affaire si importante. - in magna inopia: étant donné la disette. - misericordes in furibus aerarii: compatissants pour les voleurs du trésor public. [ABCU]B - in, préfixe in-, i- parfois devant g ou n il- ou in- devant l im- ou in- devant m, p ir- ou in- devant r [st1]1 [-] dans, sur, contre (in-cidere → in + cadere: tomber sur; im- ponere ou in-ponere: placer sur; il-ludere ou in-ludere: jouer sur, se moquer de; ir-rumpere ou in-rumpere: s'élancer contre, s'élancer dans; in-fodere: creuser pour mettre dedans, enfouir). [st1]2 [-] valeur négative (i-gnavus: sans activité, paresseux, mou; i-gnoscere: ne pas reconnaître, pardonner; in-ers → in + ars: étranger à tout art, sans talent; il-lautus ou in-lautus: qui n'est pas lavé, sale; im-motus ou in-motus: immobile). [ABCU]C - in', pour isne. - in' ? Ter.: vas-tu?* * *- formes arch. endŏ et indŭ, cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 etc.; gr. ἐν, ἐν-θα, ἐν-θεν, εἰς, i. e. ἐν-ς, ἀνά. - voir l'article in de Gaffiot. [ABCU]A - ĭn, prép. [st1]1 [-] avec l'accusatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on va, le but, l'aboutissement, la conformité, la distributivité, le temps (jusqu'à, pour) dans, en, sur, jusqu'à, pour, contre, conformément à, par (distributif). - eo in urbem: je vais en ville. - in meridiem: du côté du midi. - in latitudinem: dans le sens de la largeur. - in altitudinem: en hauteur. - dormire in lucem: dormir jusqu'au jour. - in diem vivere: vivre au jour le jour. - in omnes partes: sous tous les rapports. - in multam noctem: jusqu'au milieu de la nuit. - amor in patria: l'amour pour la patrie. - in rem esse: être utile. - dicere in aliquem: parler contre qqn. - in Verrem oratio: discours contre Verrès. - in verba alicujus jurare: jurer selon la formule de qqn, prononcer le serment dicté par qqn. - pacem dare in has leges: accorder la paix à ces conditions. - servilem in modum: à la façon d'un esclave. - in capita: par tête. - in militem: par soldats. - in singulos equites tunicas dare: donner une tunique à chaque cavalier. - in perpetuum: pour toujours. - in posterum diem: pour le lendemain. - emere in diem: acheter pour une date fixée. - in sex menses: pour six mois. - in dies (singulos): [jour par jour] = au jour le jour. - in universum: en général. - in vicem (invicem, in vices): à son tour, en retour. [st1]2 [-] avec l'ablatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on est, le temps dans diverses locutions dans, sur, en, à propos de, quand il s'agit de, parmi, pour - sum in horto: je suis dans le jardin. - in paucis diebus: en peu de jours. - in primo congressu: au premier choc. - in amicis eligendis: quand il s'agit de choisir des amis. - in bonis oratoribus: parmi les bons orateurs. - in salute reipublicae: quand il y va du salut de la république. - in manu: à portée de la main. - in aere alieno esse: avoir des dettes. - in suis summis esse: ne pas avoir de dettes. - in tempore: à temps. - in oculis: sous les yeux. - in tanta re: lorsqu'il s'agit d'une affaire si importante. - in magna inopia: étant donné la disette. - misericordes in furibus aerarii: compatissants pour les voleurs du trésor public. [ABCU]B - in, préfixe in-, i- parfois devant g ou n il- ou in- devant l im- ou in- devant m, p ir- ou in- devant r [st1]1 [-] dans, sur, contre (in-cidere → in + cadere: tomber sur; im- ponere ou in-ponere: placer sur; il-ludere ou in-ludere: jouer sur, se moquer de; ir-rumpere ou in-rumpere: s'élancer contre, s'élancer dans; in-fodere: creuser pour mettre dedans, enfouir). [st1]2 [-] valeur négative (i-gnavus: sans activité, paresseux, mou; i-gnoscere: ne pas reconnaître, pardonner; in-ers → in + ars: étranger à tout art, sans talent; il-lautus ou in-lautus: qui n'est pas lavé, sale; im-motus ou in-motus: immobile). [ABCU]C - in', pour isne. - in' ? Ter.: vas-tu?* * *Caue ne illi obiectes nunc, in aegritudine Te has emisse. Plaut. Que tu te repens de les avoir acheté, ou Que tu les as acheté à regret et contre ton coeur.\In aere alieno esse. Cic. Estre endebté.\Immane est facinus, verum in aetate vtile et conducibile. Plaut. En temps et lieu, Aucunesfois.\In aeuo nostro. Plin. De nostre temps.\In_aeternum. Plin. iunior. Eternellement, A jamais.\In agendo. Terent. En jouant la farce.\In apparando consumunt diem. Terent. A appareiller.\In alio facere. Gell. Quae ita acerbitas est, si idem fiat in te, quod tute in alio feceris? A un autre.\Inuadere in aliquem. Tacit. Assaillir aucun.\In aliquo referam gratiam. Plaut. En quelque autre chose.\In ambiguo esse. Plaut. Estre en doubte.\In amicitiam et in amicitia alicuius esse. Cic. Estre son ami.\In animis nostris et iudiciis es. Plin. iun. Tu as gaigné nostre coeur.\In animo est. Liu. J'ay fantasie et vouloir de, etc.\Designati Consules in eum annum fuerant. Liu. Pour ceste annee.\Magistratibus in annum creatis. Liu. Pour un an.\Inducias in triginta annos impetrarunt. Liu. Pour trente ans.\Sestertia centena in annum accepit. Suet. Pour une annee.\In annos singulos. Liu. Quae bina milia aeris in annos singulos penderent. Par chascun an.\In ante diem XV. Cal. distulit. Cic. Jusques au quinzieme jour des Calendes.\In apertum proferre aliquod opus. Cic. Publier.\Vti re aliqua in argumentum. Quint. Pour argument et preuve.\In armis erant. Liu. Ils estoyent en armes, En champ de bataille.\In articulo ipso temporis. Cic. Sur le point du temps.\In assem. Columel. En tout, Toutes sommes assemblees.\In aurem dicere. Plin. En l'oreille.\Neminem docere, in authoritatem scientiae est. Plin. Donne reputation d'estre scavant.\Sentio, nisi in bonis, amicitiam esse non posse. Cic. Entre les gens de bien.\Cui praeter honestum nihil est in bonis. Cic. Il n'estime nul autre bien qu'honnesteté.\In breui. Quintil. En brief, Briefvement.\Ire in caedes. Tacit. Aller faire meurtres.\In caelo esse. Cic. Estre le plus heureux du monde.\Sextantibus collatis in capita. Liu. Pour homme.\Dare aliquid in casum. Tacit. Mettre en hazard, Mettre à l'adventure, Adventurer, Hazarder.\In cibo et vino. Cic. En mangeant et beuvant.\Olera ferre in coenam seni. Terent. Pour le soupper.\In coenas singulas. Gell. Pour chascun soupper.\In cogitando. Plaut. Multum in cogitando dolorem indipiscor. D'y penser, ou en y pensant.\In cognoscendo tute ipse aderis Chaerea. Terent. Quand ce viendra à la recongnoistre.\In commune consulere. Terent. Autant pour l'un que pour l'autre.\In commune consultare. Plin. iunior. Ensemble.\In commune dicere. Plin. Tout ensemble, En general.\In commune loqui. Plin. iunior. Parler ensemble, Deviser.\In commune vocare honores. Liu. Mettre les offices en commun, Constituer en dignité aussi tost le filz d'un privé, que le filz d'un Senateur, Garder equalité en la collation des dignitez sans acception des personnes.\In conspectum aspice. Plaut. Devant toy, Devant tes yeulx.\In contrarium. Plin. Au contraire.\A quo factum sit, in controuersiam venit. Quintil. On est endebat et different.\In crastinum. Plaut. Demain, Pour demain.\In culpa inuenire aliquem. Terent. Trouver que c'est sa faulte de quelque chose.\In culpam dicere. Gell. Pour reproche et blasme.\In denegando modo quis pudor est paululum. Terent. Quand ce vient à renier la chose.\In diem istuc Parmeno est fortasse quod minitare. Terent. Tu me menaces de bien loing, Il y a long temps d'ici là.\In qua die. Terent. En quel jour.\In diem viuere. Cicero. Au jour la journee, Sans se soulcier du lendemain.\In diem abiit praesens quod fuerat malum. Terent. Ta punition n'est seulement que differee, Tu n'y pers que l'attente.\In diem. Ouid. Pour un jour seulement.\In hunc diem. Plaut. Pour aujourdhuy.\In hunc diem a me vt caueant ne credant mihi. Plaut. Du jourdhuy, ou desormais.\Illi heri me vocauerant in hunc diem. Plaut. Pour aujourdhuy.\In hunc diem. Plaut. Jusques aujourdhuy.\Confirmarunt Consules se his supplicationibus in hunc annum non vsuros. Caelius ad Ciceronem. De ceste annee.\In dies. Plaut. De jour en jour, Par chascun jour, Touts les jours.\Crescente in dies multitudine. Liu. Journellement.\In dies singulos. Cic. Par chascun jour.\In his diebus. Plaut. Ces jours ci.\Fere in diebus paucis quibus haec acta sunt, Chrysis vicina haec moritur. Terent. Peu de temps apres.\In difficili est casus ille. Scaeuola. Il est difficile.\In disciplinam tradere puerum. Suet. Bailler pour estre enseigné et endoctriné.\In diuersum. Plin. Donec in diuersum abducat a nidis. Autre part.\In diuersum sterni. Colum. Du travers.\Filiam suam despondit in diuitias maximas. Plaut. A un fort riche compaignon.\In diuitiis esse. Plaut. Estre riche.\In domo, pro Domi. Quintil. En la maison.\In dotem esse, et doti esse, Iulianus. Pour dot.\In dubio est animus. Terent. En doubte.\In dubio est vita. Terent. En dangier.\In dubio fuit vtrum L. Manilius, etc. Liu. On a doubté autresfois si, etc.\Iam ferme in exitu annus erat. Liu. L'annee estoit ja presque finee.\Quae in exemplum assumimus. Quintil. Que nous prenons pour preuve et exemple.\In expedito esse. Quintil. Prest et appareillé.\Sum in expectatione omnium rerum, quid in Gallia, etc. Plancus ad Ciceronem. J'attens toutes nouvelles de, etc.\In fabulis esse. Suet. Coena quoque eius secretior in fabulis fuit. On se mocquoit, et en faisoit on des contes, Il en fut moult parlé.\Quum exitus haud in facili essent. Liu. Ne fussent pas faciles.\In familiaribus alicuius esse. Cic. Estre du nombre de ses familiers.\In futurum. Plin. iunior. Pour l'advenir, Pour le temps advenir.\In genua astat. Plaut. Il est à genoulx, Agenouillé.\In gloria esse. Plin. Estre prisé et loué.\In gloriam referre aliquid. Liu. Pour en estre loué et honoré.\In hoc factum est. Colum. Pour servir à ce, Pour ce.\Cannensis praedicta clades in haec ferme verba erat. Liu. En telz mots.\In hoc similis illi. Cic. En ce.\In hoc sumus sapientes, quod, etc. Cic. En cela sommes, etc.\In hac parte. Plin. En ce.\In honore hominum, et in honore famae esse. Plin. iunior. Estre honoré des hommes, et avoir grand bruit.\In honore mensarum est buteo accipitrum genus. Plin. Est fort estimé en banquets.\In horam viuere. Cic. Ne se soulcier de son vivre sinon d'heure en autre.\In hora vna. Plaut. En une heure.\In horas expectare. Plin. iunior. D'heure en heure.\In horas, pro Saepissime. Horat. A toute heure, A touts propos, D'heure en heure.\In istac finem faciat. Terent. Avec ceste là.\Depicta tabula in imaginem rei. Quintil. A la semblance.\In immensum. Plin. Sans mesure, Oultre mesure.\In incertum. Liu. A toutes adventures, A l'adventure.\Res omnis in incerto sita est. Plaut. Est incertaine.\In incerto est vtrum, etc. Liu. Il est incertain, On ne scait si, etc.\In re incipiunda. Terent. Quand ce veint à commencer.\In infinitum epistolam extendam, si gaudio meo indulgeam. Plin. iunior. Sans fin.\In ingressu. Plin. iunior. A l'entree.\In insidiis esse. Terent. Faire le guet, Guetter, Estre aux embusches.\In integro res est. Cic. La chose est encore en son entier, Il n'y a encore rien faict, On en peult faire ce qu'on veult.\Quum tibi in integro tota res esset. Cic. Tu n'avois encore rien entamé ne commencé.\In integrum restitutus. Cic. Remis en son entier.\In inuidia et in odio esse apud aliquem. Cic. Estre envié et hay.\In itinere. Terent. Sur le chemin, En allant.\In itinere est Antonius. Brutus Ciceroni. Il est en chemin.\In iugerum, In iugera singula. Cic. Pour chascun demi arpent.\In legem. Senec. Pour loy, Au lieu de loy.\In loco. Terent. En temps et en lieu.\In loco fratris amare. Terent. Autant que son frere, que s'il estoit son frere.\In beneficii loco petere aliquid ab altero. Cic. Le requerir d'un plaisir.\In loco posita aedilitas. Cic. Baillee à celuy à qui elle appartenoit et qui en estoit digne.\In locum alterius consulatum petere. Cic. Pour tenir sa place, Au lieu de luy.\In longum trahere. Plin. Alonger.\In lucem semper Acerra bibit. Martial. Jusques au jour.\In manibus est res. Cic. L'affaire est sur le poinct d'estre despesché.\Quos libros Bruto mittimus, in manibus habent librarii. Cic. Mes escrivains les ont entre les mains, et les escrivent.\Ecce in manibus vir et praestantissimo ingenio, et flagrantistudio. Cic. Voici ci pres sans aller plus loing.\Libelli nominum vestrorum consiliique huius in manibus erant omnium. Cic. Il n'y avoit piece qui n'eust le roole de vous autres.\Non vacat, quia vindemiae in manibus. Plin. iunior. Car nous faisons vendenges.\Quum tantum belli in manibus esset. Liu. Veu les grands empeschements des guerres qu'ils avoyent sur les bras.\Quam spem nunc habeat in manibus. Cic. Qu'il ha à ceste heure.\Victoria in manibus est. Liu. La victoire est en nostre puissance, La victoire est nostre si nous voulons.\In manu mea est. Cic. Il est en moy et en ma puissance.\Tibi in manu est ne fiat. Terent. Il est en toy que la chose ne se face.\Si quidem licebit per illos, quibus est in manu. Plaut. Qui gouvernent l'affaire.\Agas quod in manu est. Plaut. Fay ce que tu pourras, ou ce que tu as entre mains.\Quo eueniat, diis in manu est. Plaut. C'est à Dieu d'en faire ce que luy plaira.\In materiam adhaerescere. Cic. S'attacher au bois.\In me. Terent. En moy.\Mater virginis in medio est. Terent. Au milieu, et devant voz yeulx.\In medium relinquere. Gell. Laisser la chose à disputer aux autres, En laisser penser à un chascun ce qu'il vouldra.\In memoriam redire et regredi. Plaut. Se souvenir.\In memoriam sempiternam. Cic. Pour perpetuelle memoire.\Vnum in mente est mihi nunc, satis vt commode, etc. Plau. J'ay une chose en la fantasie.\Qui istuc in mente est tibi, mi vir, percontarier? Plaut. Dont te vient la fantasie de, etc.\Nunc vero mihi in mentem fuit. Plautus. Il m'en souvient orprimes.\Illud de Rhodio dictum in mentem venit. Terent. Il me souvient, Il me vient en memoire.\In meridiem spectat. Cato. Il est tourné droict au midi.\In metu esse. Plaut. Terent. Estre en crainte, Avoir paour.\In militem, in capita, in naues, et similia. Var. Pour chasque homme de guerre.\In centum sues, decem verres satis esse putant. Var. Pour chasque cent de truyes.\In modum seruorum. Tacit. A la facon des serfz.\Peto a te maiorem in modum. Cic. Tresfort, Le plus fort que je puis.\In modum peregrinum. Plaut. En estrange facon.\In seruilem modum lacerati atque extorti. Liu. A la facon de serfz, Comme serfz.\In modum perpetuum perii. Plaut. A tousjours et à jamais.\In modum amici. Sueton. A la facon d'un ami, En ami.\In mora Tribuni erant. Liu. Retardoyent, Empeschoyent.\In more est. Plin. C'est la coustume.\In morem. Virgil. Selon la coustume.\In morte. Plaut. A la mort, Quand il mouroit.\In multum velociores. Plin. Beaucoup plus, etc.\In noctes singulas. Plaut. Par chasques nuicts.\In nominando. Var. En nommant.\In nouissimis esse. Cic. Estre des derniers et des moins estimez.\In noxa, vel noxia esse. Terent. Estre coulpable d'aucun cas, En estre attainct et convaincu.\In numerum ludere. Virgil. Danser de mesure.\In numerato habere. Quintil. Avoir tout comptant et tout prest.\In obliquum alios sequi. Liu. De travers, A la traverse.\In occulto. Plaut. En cachette.\Secreto et in occulto. Caes. A part, et en lieu privé.\In oculis exercitus. Cic. En la presence de son ost.\In oculis habitare. Cic. Ne partir ou bouger de la ville, et se monstrer ou faire veoir touts les jours.\In odio esse. Cic. Estre hay.\In odio. Plin. Par despit et haine.\In opere faciundo. Terent. En faisant la besongne.\In orbem se tutari. Liu. En rond.\In orbem. Liu. Par tour.\Vt vnus fasces haberet, et hoc insigne regium in orbem suam cuiusque vicem per omnes iret. Liu. Chascun sa fois et en son tour, Tour à tour.\In ordine. Plaut. Par ordre.\In ordinem reponere. Colum. En ordre.\In os. Senec. Si in ora parentum filios iugulat. En leur presence, A leur visage.\In ore est omni populo. Terent. Tout le peuple en bruit, Tout le monde en parle, Tout le monde parle de luy, On ne parle que de luy.\In pariundo. Terent. En travail d'enfant, En enfantant.\In parte causae. Plinius iunior. En certain poinct et partie du proces.\Velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuissem. Liu. Comme si j'eusse porté une partie du faiz.\Cunctis in partes muneris sui benigne pollicentibus operam. Liu. Chascun en son endroict, Pour sa part, et pour le regard de sa charge.\In partem dimidiam decoquere. Colum. Jusques à la moitié.\In vtranque partem. Cic. De costé et d'autre.\In paucos dies. Liu. Pour quelque peu de temps.\Vbi vidi, ego me in pedes. Sub. conieci. Terent. Et moy de fuir.\Hinc me coniicerem protinus in pedes. Terent. Je m'en fuiroye.\In pedes nasci, Vide NASCOR. Naistre les pieds devant.\In pedem. Cic. Pour chasque pied.\In pedes soleas inducere. Cic. Chausser.\In perendinum. Plaut. Apres demain.\In perpetuum, contrarium habet In tempus. Terent. A tousjours et à jamais.\In perpetuum. Cic. Pour jamais.\In plenum. Plin. En general, Pour en parler en general.\In portu sum. Cic. A port, En sauveté.\In posterum. Cic. Doresenavant, D'ici en avant, Ci apres, Le temps advenir.\In posteritatem. Cic. Au temps advenir.\In potestate alicuius esse. Cic. En sa puissance et subjection, Se rendre obeissant à luy.\Tuum esse in potiundo periculum non vis. Terent. Tu ne veuls que la jouissance en soit tienne au danger d'autruy.\In praesentia. Pour le present. Presentement. Terentius, - ne in praesentia haec hinc abeat.\Auferre in praesentia. Terent. Presentement et tout à l'heure.\Si scripturam spreuissem in praesentia. Terent. Tout alors que, etc.\Debes animaduertere quot in praesentia cohortes contra te habeat. Caesar. Cic. Maintenant, A ceste heure.\Quum emere vellet in palatio domum, et pecuniam in praesens non haberet. Gell. Alors, A l'heure, Presentement.\In praesenti Cicero dixit de tempore in quo loquebatur: vt, Haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, vt speres, etc. Maintenant, Presentement.\In praeteritum. Quintil. Pour le temps passé.\In pretio esse. Plin. Estre prisé et estimé.\In primis. Sallust. Principalement, Plus que toute autre chose.\Omnes cupimus, ego in primis, quamprimum te videre. Cic. Plus que touts les autres.\In primis rogo te ad hominem ventosissimum Lepidum mittas, etc. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Tout premierement, Devant toutes choses.\In principibus. Cic. Entre les plus grans, Du nombre des plus grans.\In principio. Plaut. Iam in principio id mihi placet. Pour le commencement.\Blande in principio alloqui. Terent. Du commencement.\In priuato, et In publico, contraria. Liu. En privé et secrettement en sa maison.\In probro esse. Terent. Estre deshonoré, Estre à deshonneur, Estre honni.\In procliui est. Terent. Il est facile et aisé.\Iram in promptu gerere. Plaut. Se courroucer incontinent et tout à coup.\In promptu causa est. Ouid. La cause est evidente et manifeste.\Quum illa pateant, in promptuque sint omnibus. Cic. Veu que ces choses sont ouvertes et evidentes à touts.\In propatulo. Plin. iunior. Devant touts, Publiquement.\In propatulo aedium. Liu. Devant les maisons, En pleine rue.\Iam in propinquo certamen erat. Liu. Le combat estoit prest à donner.\In proximo. Terent. Tout aupres de nous.\In publico. Plin. Devant touts, Parmi les rues.\In publicum redigere bona. Liu. Confisquer.\In punctum. Sueton. Pour chascun poinct.\In queis sumus. Cic. Entre lesquels nous sommes.\In querelis mens. Plaut. Pleine de querelles.\In quinquennio. Cic. En cinq ans.\Duabus epistolis tuis perdiligenter in eandem rationem scriptis. Cic. Touchant le mesme affaire.\In reliquum tempus. Cic. Pour le temps advenir.\In remedio esse. Plin. Servir de remede.\In rem praesentem venire. Cic. Venir sur les lieux contentieux qui toutesfois se faisoit en autre maniere que celle d'aujourdhuy, Faire veue des lieux, Monstrer au doigt et à l'oeil.\Non potui te magis in rem praesentem perducere. Pli. iunior. Je ne t'eusse sceu plus clairement donner à entendre la chose.\In rem praesentem excurrere. Plin. iunior. Aller sur le lieu.\Ego in re praesenti inuenisse videor, quemadmodum huic periculo occurrerem. Plin. iunior. Moy estant sur le lieu.\In re praesenti, ex copia piscaria Consulere licebit quid emam. Plaut. Quand je seray là.\Fui illic in re praesenti. Plaut. Là, En ce lieu là, Quand la chose se faisoit.\In re praesenti deliberabis et constitues. Traianus ad Plinium. Sur le lieu.\Omnia quae in re praesenti accidisse credibile est. Quint. Alors, A l'heure, Sur le lieu.\In re mea est. Plaut. A mon prouffit.\In re ipsa. Terent. Par experience.\In eam rem siquid habebo. Plaut. Qui serve à cela, Qui soit afferent et pertinent à la matiere.\In rem nostram est. Plaut. C'est nostre prouffit.\Si in rem est vtrique, vt fiant, accersi iube. Terent. Si c'est le prouffit de touts deux.\In rem ventris. Plaut. Au prouffit du ventre.\In rem iurare. Vlpian. Jurer ou prester le serment de ce dont est proces simplement, non de son faict seulement, Jurer de la chose dont est question.\In rem concepta actio, vel scripta. Vlpian. Une action qu'il est permis intenter eu esgard à la chose seulement dont en icelle est question, non à la personne contre laquelle on agit, ou Une action de sa nature personnelle, laquelle à la maniere de reelles, compette contre touts ceulx qui detiennent la chose dont est question.\In illius respectum, iste populo praesideat. Senec. Pour l'esgard et en faveur de luy, Quand pour le respect des vertus du pere, on constitue le filz en dignité, combien que de soy il ne l'ait merité.\In ridiculo haberi. Plaut. Estre mocqué.\In saginam se coniicere. Plaut. Se mettre à gourmander et yvrongner.\In senecta. Plaut. En vieillesse.\Qui estis in senioribus. Plaut. Qui estes des plus anciens.\In sententia eadem esse. Cic. Tenir tousjours son opinion, Estre tousjours d'une opinion, Perseverer en son, etc.\In serum. Sueton. Jusques sur le soir.\In singulas ciuitates imposita pecunia. Liu. Sur chascune cité.\In singulos, HS. quinquagenis millibus dannari mauultis? Cic. Aimez vous mieulx estre condemnez un chascun de vous, etc.\In solatio est. Plaut. Cela me console.\In solutum accipere. Senec. Pour payement.\In solem proferre. Colum. Au soleil.\In somnis. Plaut. En dormant.\In speciem. Liu. Par faulx semblant.\Ducentes paucos in speciem captiuos. Liu. Faisants semblant de mener avec eulx, Pour monstre, Pour faire monstre.\Tenui vulnere in speciem. Liu. Ce semble à veoir.\Praeclara classis in speciem. Cic. D'apparence, Ce semble à veoir.\In spem vniuersae praedae flumen traiiciunt. Liu. En esperance d'avoir tout le pillage et la despouille.\In spem venire. Cic. Esperer.\In summa. Plin. iunior. En somme, Somme toute.\Hoc vix ab Apronio in summo beneficio impetratum est. Cic. Pour tout le plaisir qu'il leur eust peu faire.\In summum euadere. Liu. Au dessus, Au plus hault.\In superuacuum. Senec. En vain.\In suspenso relinquere. Plin. iunior. Laisser en doubte, et en balance, Laisser suspens, et comme entre deux fers.\In tam breui spatio. Terent. En si peu de temps.\Ista vulgo infixa sit fama in tantum, vt in maledictis, etc. Plin. Tant et si fort que, etc.\In talibus viris. Cic. De telles gens.\In te est mihi salus. Plaut. Mon aide et salut gist en toy.\In te. Plaut. Contre toy.\In tempore. Plaut. Liu. A temps, Tout à poinct, A l'heure qu'il falloit, Bien à poinct.\In tempore ipso Spes mihi sancta subuenit. Plaut. Tout à temps, Lors que besoing en estoit.\In ipso tempore eccum ipsum obuiam Chremetem. Terent. A l'heure qu'il falloit.\Studebat in coenae tempus. Plin. iunior. Jusques à ce qu'il falloit soupper.\In praesens tempus, pro Nunc. Cic. Maintenant.\In omne tempus. Cic. A tousjours et à jamais.\In tormentis esse. Plin. iunior. Estre tormenté.\In totum. Plin. iunior. Du tout, Totalement.\In tranquillo. Terent. En tranquillité, et sans plus de debat.\In transcursu. Plin. En passant.\Tractare aliquid in transitu. Quint. Legierement et en passant.\In triduo hoc. Plaut. D'ici à trois jours.\In triduo excludunt. Plin. Trois jours apres.\In turpissimis rebus habere. Caesar. Estimer entre les choses vilaines.\In tunicis albis venerunt. Plin. iun. Vestus d'habillements blancs.\In tussiendo. Plaut. En toussant.\In tuto res est. Plaut. La chose est en seureté.\In tutum eduxit legiones. Plaut. En lieu seur.\In vesperum parata. Plaut. Pour le vespre.\In via. Plaut. En chemin.\In vicem eorum succedente corporea cicatrice. Plin. En leur lieu et place.\In vicino sunt terrae. Plin. Prochaines.\In viros diuidere. Plaut. A chascun homme.\Suturae in vnguem commissae. Cels. Coustures dentelees des os de la teste, Coustures en forme d'ongles enclavez les uns dedens les autres, Assemblements ou assemblages à queue d'aronde.\In vniuersum. Quintil. En general.\In volatu. Plin. En volant.\Pessima Decemuirorum in vulgus fama est. Liu. Au grand deshonneur et reproche que le commun bailla.\In vulgus gratum. Cic. Aggreable au commun. -
9 contra
contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.I.Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).A.Local.1.Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.a.With verb of being or position expressed or understood.(α).Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
10 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.
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