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sharp struggle

  • 1 острая борьба

    acute struggle, sharp struggle

    Русско-английский политический словарь > острая борьба

  • 2 cerrado

    adj.
    closed, locked, shut, not open.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: cerrar.
    * * *
    1→ link=cerrar cerrar
    1 shut, closed
    2 LINGÚÍSTICA close, closed
    3 (acento) broad, thick
    4 (curva) tight, sharp
    5 (ovación) thunderous
    6 (barba) bushy, thick
    7 (noche) black, dark; (cielo) overcast, dark
    8 figurado (oculto) obscure, hidden
    9 figurado (persona introvertida) uncommunicative, reserved
    10 figurado (intransigente) intransigent, unyielding
    11 familiar figurado (torpe) thick, dim
    \
    a ojos cerrados figurado with one's eyes closed
    ser cerrado,-a de mollera familiar to be pig-headed
    * * *
    (f. - cerrada)
    adj.
    1) closed, shut
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no abierto) [puerta, ventana, boca] closed; [puño] clenched; [curva] sharp, tight

    "cerrado por vacaciones" — "closed for holidays", "closed for vacation" (EEUU)

    ¿está el grifo bien cerrado? — is the tap turned off properly?

    puerta 3)
    2) (=apretado) [barba] thick, full; [bosque] dense, thick; [ambiente, atmósfera] stuffy
    descarga 3)
    3) [cielo] cloudy, overcast; [noche] dark, black
    4) (Ling) [acento] broad, strong; [vocal] closed

    hablaba con cerrado acento gallego — he spoke with a broad o strong o thick Galician accent

    5) [persona]
    a) (=intransigente)
    b) (=torpe) (tb: cerrado de mollera) dense, thick *
    c) (=reservado) reserved
    6) (Com) [precio] fixed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <puerta/ventana/ojos/boca> closed, shut; <mejillones/almejas> closed; <sobre/carta> sealed; < puño> clenched; < cortinas> drawn, closed
    b) < válvula> closed, shut off; < grifo> turned off
    2) <tienda/restaurante/museo> closed, shut

    cerrado por defunción/reformas — closed owing to bereavement/for alterations

    3)
    a) <espacio/recinto> enclosed
    b) ( cargado) < ambiente> stuffy
    c) < grupo> closed
    d) (Mat) <serie/conjunto> closed
    4) (Ling) < vocal> close, closed; <acento/dialecto> broad
    5) < curva> sharp
    7) < barba> thick
    8) ( enérgico)
    9)
    a) (poco receptivo, intransigente) set in one's ways

    estar cerrado a algo: está cerrado a todo cambio his mind is closed to change; el país ha estado cerrado a influencias externas — the country has been shut off from outside influence

    b) ( poco comunicativo) uncommunicative
    c) (fam) ( torpe) dense (colloq), thick (colloq)
    10) (Esp) (Fin)

    apartamentos de lujo, precio cerrado — apartments, price guaranteed

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <puerta/ventana/ojos/boca> closed, shut; <mejillones/almejas> closed; <sobre/carta> sealed; < puño> clenched; < cortinas> drawn, closed
    b) < válvula> closed, shut off; < grifo> turned off
    2) <tienda/restaurante/museo> closed, shut

    cerrado por defunción/reformas — closed owing to bereavement/for alterations

    3)
    a) <espacio/recinto> enclosed
    b) ( cargado) < ambiente> stuffy
    c) < grupo> closed
    d) (Mat) <serie/conjunto> closed
    4) (Ling) < vocal> close, closed; <acento/dialecto> broad
    5) < curva> sharp
    7) < barba> thick
    8) ( enérgico)
    9)
    a) (poco receptivo, intransigente) set in one's ways

    estar cerrado a algo: está cerrado a todo cambio his mind is closed to change; el país ha estado cerrado a influencias externas — the country has been shut off from outside influence

    b) ( poco comunicativo) uncommunicative
    c) (fam) ( torpe) dense (colloq), thick (colloq)
    10) (Esp) (Fin)

    apartamentos de lujo, precio cerrado — apartments, price guaranteed

    * * *
    cerrado1
    = closed, static, enclosed, bolt-on.

    Ex: In order to be able to calculate due dates, DOBIS/LIBIS must know what days the library is open so that it does not make a book due on a closed day.

    Ex: The list or thesaurus cannot be static.
    Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y cuanto mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex: These may be perceived as unimportant ' bolt-on' courses about irrelevant systems.
    * aprobar con los ojos cerrados = sail through + exam.
    * a puerta cerrada = behind closed doors.
    * con olor a cerrado = musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.].
    * curva muy cerrada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.
    * en circuito cerrado = looped.
    * en lugares cerrados = indoors.
    * espacio cerrado = closed space.
    * formando un circuito cerrado = looped.
    * mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.
    * pregunta cerrada = closed-ended question.
    * puño cerrado = clenched fist.
    * recinto cerrado = walled garden.

    cerrado2
    2 = cliquish, insular, cliquey [cliquy].

    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

    Ex: Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.
    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    * círculo cerrado de gente = clique.
    * coto cerrado = closed shop.

    cerrado3
    3 = bushy [bushier -comp., bushiest -sup.].

    Ex: Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.

    * * *
    cerrado -da
    A
    1 ‹puerta/ventana› closed, shut; ‹ojos/boca› closed, shut; ‹mejillones/almejas› closed
    tenía los ojos cerrados she had her eyes closed o shut
    el frasco no está bien cerrado the top ( o lid etc) isn't on properly, the jar isn't closed properly
    un sobre cerrado a sealed envelope
    las cortinas estaban cerradas the curtains were drawn o closed
    normalmente tenemos la mesa cerrada we usually keep the table closed/down
    2 ‹válvula› closed, shut off
    los grifos están cerrados the taps are turned off
    B ‹tienda/restaurante/museo› closed, shut
    [ S ] cerrado closed
    [ S ] cerrado por defunción/reformas closed owing to bereavement/for alterations
    C
    1 (confinado, limitado) ‹espacio/recinto› enclosed
    2 (cargado) ‹ambiente› stuffy
    3 ‹grupo›
    un círculo de amigos muy cerrado a very closed circle of friends
    un club de ambiente cerrado y snob a club with a very exclusive and snobbish atmosphere
    4 ( Mat) ‹serie/conjunto› closed circuito
    D ( Ling)
    1 ‹vocal› close, closed
    2 ‹acento/dialecto› broad
    tiene un acento andaluz cerrado he has a broad o thick Andalusian accent
    E ‹curva› sharp
    F
    1 (nublado) overcast
    2
    (referiéndose a la noche): ya era noche cerrada cuando salimos when we left it was already completely dark
    G ‹barba› thick
    H
    (enérgico): lo recibieron con una cerrada ovación he was given an ecstatic reception
    mantienen una cerrada pugna por el título they are engaged in a fierce fight for the title
    I ‹persona›
    1
    (poco receptivo, intransigente): son muy cerrados y no se adaptan a estas novedades they're very set in their ways and they won't adapt to these new ideas
    no lo vas a convencer, es muy cerrado you'll never persuade him, he's very stubborn o he's very set in his ways
    estar cerrado A algo:
    está cerrado a todo lo que signifique cambiar his mind is closed to o he's against anything that involves change
    el país ha estado cerrado durante años a todo tipo de influencias externas the country has, for years, been shut off from all outside influence
    2 (poco comunicativo) uncommunicative
    3 ( fam) (torpe) dense ( colloq), thick ( colloq)
    es muy cerrado de mollera he's very dense ( colloq), he's as thick as two short planks ( BrE colloq)
    J
    ( Esp) ( Fin): [ S ] apartamentos de lujo, precio cerrado luxury apartments, price guaranteed
    * * *

     

    Del verbo cerrar: ( conjugate cerrar)

    cerrado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    cerrado    
    cerrar
    cerrado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹puerta/ventana/ojos/boca› closed, shut;

    ‹mejillones/almejas› closed;
    ‹sobre/carta› sealed;
    ‹ puño› clenched;
    ‹ cortinas› drawn, closed;


    ‹grifo/llave› turned off
    2 ‹tienda/restaurante/museo› closed, shut
    3 ‹espacio/recinto› enclosed;
    ‹ curva› sharp
    4 ‹acento/dialecto› broad
    5 ‹ persona› ( poco comunicativo) uncommunicative;

    cerrado a influencias externas shut off from outside influence
    cerrar ( conjugate cerrar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹puerta/ventana› to close, shut;

    ‹ojos/boca› to shut, close;

    b) ‹ botella› to put the top on/cork in;

    ‹ frasco› to put the lid on;
    ‹ sobre› to seal
    c) ‹paraguas/abanico/mano› to close;

    ‹ libro› to close, shut;
    ‹ puño› to clench
    d) ‹ cortinas› to close, draw;

    ‹ persianas› to lower, pull down;
    ‹ abrigo› to fasten, button up;
    ‹ cremallera› to do … up
    e) ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn off;

    ‹ válvula› to close, shut off
    2
    a) ‹fábrica/comercio/oficina› ( en el quehacer diario) to close;

    ( definitivamente) to close (down)
    b) ‹aeropuerto/carretera/frontera› to close

    3

    b) ‹caso/juicio› to close

    c) ‹acuerdo/negociación› to finalize

    d) ‹acto/debate› to bring … to an end

    verbo intransitivo
    1 (hablando de puerta, ventana):
    ◊ cierra, que hace frío close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold;

    ¿cerraste con llave? did you lock up?
    2 [puerta/ventana/cajón] to close, shut
    3 [comercio/oficina] ( en el quehacer diario) to close, shut;
    ( definitivamente) to close (down)
    cerrarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) [puerta/ventana] to shut, close;


    b) [ ojos] to close;


    c) [flor/almeja] to close up


    2 ( refl) ‹ abrigo› to fasten, button up;
    ‹ cremallera› to do … up
    3 [acto/debate/jornada] to end
    cerrado,-a adjetivo
    1 closed, shut
    (recinto) enclosed ➣ Ver nota en cerrar
    2 (intransigente) uncompromising, unyielding
    (a las novedades, etc) narrow minded
    3 (tímido) reserved
    4 (un acento, una forma de hablar) broad
    5 (curva) tight, sharp
    6 (tupido) bushy
    ♦ Locuciones: a puerta cerrada, behind closed doors
    cerrar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to shut, close
    (con llave) to lock
    (un grifo abierto) to turn off
    (el ordenador) to turn off, switch off
    (subir una cremallera) to do up
    (un sobre) to seal
    (los puños) to clench
    2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
    (definitivamente) to close down
    3 (un trato, un acuerdo) to finalize
    (liquidar una cuenta bancaria) to close
    4 (un acceso, un servicio de transporte) to close
    (bloquear) cerrarle el paso a alguien, to block sb's way
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to close, shut
    2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
    (definitivamente) to close down
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar cerrar el pico, to shut one's trap
    ' cerrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agobiante
    - cal
    - cerrada
    - concesión
    - cuadriculada
    - cuadriculado
    - defunción
    - herméticamente
    - reforma
    - cuadrado
    - estacionamiento
    - mollera
    - televisión
    - tufo
    English:
    cliquey
    - closed
    - hermetically
    - musty
    - secure
    - sharp
    - shut
    - small-minded
    - to
    - broad
    - enclose
    - insular
    - loop
    - narrow
    - repair
    - small
    - stock
    - unlock
    * * *
    cerrado, -a
    ♦ participio
    ver cerrar
    ♦ adj
    1. [puerta, boca, tienda] closed, shut;
    [con llave, pestillo] locked; [puño] clenched; [sobre] closed;
    la botella no está bien cerrada the top of the bottle isn't on properly;
    todos los grifos están cerrados all the Br taps o US faucets are (turned) off;
    en esta habitación huele a cerrado this room smells stuffy;
    cerrado por obras/vacaciones [en letrero] closed for alterations/holidays;
    cerrado los fines de semana [en letrero] closed at weekends
    2. [curva] sharp, tight
    3. [circuito] closed
    4. [aplauso, ovación] rapturous
    5. [lucha] bitter;
    una cerrada lucha por el liderazgo a bitter leadership struggle
    6. Ling [vocal] close
    7. [acento, deje] broad, thick;
    habla con un acento gallego cerrado she speaks with a broad o thick Galician accent
    8. [mentalidad, sociedad] closed (a to);
    tiene una actitud muy cerrada she has a very closed mentality;
    es muy cerrado he's very narrow-minded;
    está cerrado al cambio he is not open to change
    9. [tiempo, cielo] overcast;
    la noche era cerrada it was a dark night
    10. [rodeado] surrounded;
    [por montañas] walled in;
    no se adaptan a espacios cerrados they aren't suited to living in confined spaces;
    una terraza cerrada a glazed balcony
    11. [vegetación, bosque] thick, dense;
    [barba] thick
    12. [poco claro, difícil] abstruse;
    su estilo es muy cerrado his style is very abstruse
    13. [introvertido, tímido] reserved;
    le cuesta hacer amigos porque es muy cerrado he finds making friends difficult because he's very reserved
    14. [estricto] strict;
    el colegio tiene criterios muy cerrados de admisión the school has very strict entrance requirements
    15. [torpe] dense, stupid;
    es un poco cerrado, hay que explicarle todo varias veces he's rather dense o stupid, you have to explain everything to him over and over again;
    Fam
    ser cerrado de mollera to be thick in the head
    16. [obstinado] obstinate, stubborn
    ♦ nm
    fenced-in garden
    * * *
    adj
    1 closed;
    oler a cerrado smell stuffy
    2 persona narrow-minded
    3 ( tímido) introverted
    4 cielo overcast
    5 acento broad
    6
    :
    curva cerrada tight curve
    * * *
    cerrado, -da adj
    1) : closed, shut
    2) : thick, broad
    tiene un acento cerrado: she has a thick accent
    3) : cloudy, overcast
    4) : quiet, reserved
    5) : dense, stupid
    * * *
    cerrado adj
    1. (en general) closed / shut
    2. (con llave) locked
    3. (acento) broad
    4. (curva) sharp
    5. (persona) reserved / shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerrado

  • 3 contra

    adv.
    athwart.
    prep.
    1 against.
    en contra against
    estar en contra de algo, estar contra algo to be opposed to something
    eso va contra el reglamento that's against regulations
    2 versus.
    f.
    opposing view, con.
    * * *
    1 against
    2 for
    3 (enfrente) facing, opposite
    1 familiar drawback, snag
    1 gosh!, good grief!
    \
    en contra against
    en contra de lo que... contrary to...
    llevar la contra a alguien to contradict somebody, disagree with somebody
    opinar en contra to disagree
    * * *
    prep.
    * * *
    SF

    la Contra — Nic ( Hist) the Contras pl

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (indicando posición, dirección) against

    lo puso contra la pared/la ventana — he put it against the wall/by the window

    una vacuna contra la gripe — a flu o an anti-flu vaccine

    un gol en contra — (RPl) an own goal

    en contra de — ( opuesto a) against; ( contrariamente a) contrary to

    2)
    a) (Fin)
    b) (Com) ( a cambio de)
    II
    1) (esp AmL fam) ( dificultad) snag
    2) (Col) ( antídoto) antidote
    3) (Pol, Hist)
    a) ( grupo)
    b) contra masculino y femenino ( individuo) Contra rebel
    III
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (indicando posición, dirección) against

    lo puso contra la pared/la ventana — he put it against the wall/by the window

    una vacuna contra la gripe — a flu o an anti-flu vaccine

    un gol en contra — (RPl) an own goal

    en contra de — ( opuesto a) against; ( contrariamente a) contrary to

    2)
    a) (Fin)
    b) (Com) ( a cambio de)
    II
    1) (esp AmL fam) ( dificultad) snag
    2) (Col) ( antídoto) antidote
    3) (Pol, Hist)
    a) ( grupo)
    b) contra masculino y femenino ( individuo) Contra rebel
    III
    * * *
    contra1
    = against, versus (vs - abreviatura), anti.

    Ex: Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.

    Ex: I believe that the emphasis on abuse of title entry in the name of speeding up cataloging is not the question of a title entry versus other entries, it is the question of simplification.
    Ex: States began passing anti stalking legislation in 1990 after a rash of stalking related murders and publicity surrounding the stalking of celebrities = Los estados empezaron a aprobar legislación contra el acecho en 1990 después de una racha de asesinatos relacionados con el acoso y de la publicidad que surgió relacionada con la persecución de famosos.
    * acción contra el fuego = fire response.
    * a favor y en contra = pro and con.
    * argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * carrera contra el tiempo = race against time, race against the clock.
    * carrera contra reloj = race against time, race against the clock.
    * contra el cáncer = anticancer.
    * contra el deseo de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.
    * contra el reumatismo = anti-rheumatism.
    * contra el viento = upwind.
    * contra fuerzas superiores = against (all/the) odds.
    * contra la ansiedad = anti-anxiety.
    * contra la pared = up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, against a/the wall.
    * contra las cuerdas = against the ropes.
    * contra la voluntad de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.
    * contra los dioses = against (all/the) odds.
    * contra (todo) pronóstico = against (all/the) odds.
    * contra todo (tipo) de riesgo = against all risks.
    * contra una pared = against a/the wall.
    * contra viento y marea = at all costs, against (all/the) odds, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high water.
    * en contra = counterpoint, against.
    * en contra de la guerra = antiwar [anti-war].
    * en contra de la opinión general = contrary to popular belief.
    * en contra de la raza blanca = anti-white [antiwhite].
    * en contra de la raza negra = antiblack [anti-black].
    * en contra de las circunstancias = against circumstances.
    * estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.
    * estar en contra de = be against.
    * hablar en contra de = speak against.
    * hacer objeciones contra = urge against.
    * ir a contra reloj = race against + time, race against + the clock.
    * ir en contra de = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, be contrary to, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, run up against, turn against, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * ir en contra del reloj = race against + the clock.
    * ir en contra del tiempo = race against + the clock.
    * ir en contra de todos + Posesivo + principios = violate + principle.
    * luchar contra corriente = labour + against the grain.
    * luchar contra un fuego = fight + fire.
    * militar contra = militate against.
    * no predisponer a Alguien en contra = stay on + the right side of, keep on + the right side of.
    * no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + no quarrel about + Nombre.
    * ponerse en contra de = turn against.
    * por contra = in contrast.
    * predispuesto en contra de = disposed against.
    * probabilidades en contra de = odds against.
    * pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.
    * pros y contras = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], ins and outs, pros and cons.
    * pros (y/o) contras = merits (and/or) demerits, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.
    * pruebas en contra = evidence to the contrary.
    * seguridad contra corrientes eléctricas = electrical security.
    * tener pros y contras = be a mixed blessing.
    * utilizar en contra = set against.
    * viento en contra = headwind.
    * volverse en contra de = turn against.

    * * *
    A
    1 (indicando posición, dirección) against
    lo estrellaron contra la puerta they threw him against the door
    nos estrellamos contra un árbol we crashed into a tree
    nadar contra la corriente to swim against the current
    puso el escritorio contra la ventana he put the desk under o by o in front of o next to the window
    dos contra uno two against one
    la lucha contra la tiranía/la ignorancia the struggle against tyranny/ignorance
    una vacuna contra la gripe a flu o an anti-flu vaccine
    una política contra la discriminación racial a policy to combat racial discrimination
    contra lo que opinan todos contrary to what everyone thinks
    3 ( en locs):
    en contra against
    yo estoy en contra I'm against it
    40 votos a favor y 23 en contra 40 votes for and 23 against
    un gol en contra ( RPl); an own goal
    en contra de: está en contra de mis principios it's against my principles
    en contra nuestra or de nosotros against us
    se pronunciaron en contra de estas medidas they announced that they were opposed to these measures
    B
    1 ( Fin):
    un cheque girado contra el Banco de Pando a check drawn on the Banco de Pando
    2 ( Com)
    (a cambio de): contra presentación/entrega de este vale on presentation/surrender of this voucher
    envíos contra reembolso parcels sent cash on delivery
    llevarle la contra a algn: a ella no le gusta que le lleven la contra she doesn't like to be contradicted
    siempre tiene que llevarme la contra she always has to disagree
    lo hace sólo por llevar la contra he does it just to be difficult
    B ( Col) (antídoto) antidote
    C ( Hist, Pol)
    1
    (grupo): la contra the Contras (pl)
    2
    pro1 (↑ pro (1))
    * * *

     

    contra preposición
    against;

    nos estrellamos contra un árbol we crashed into a tree;
    dos contra uno two against one;
    yo estoy en contra I'm against it;
    40 votos en contra 40 votes against;
    en contra de ( opuesto a) against;

    ( contrariamente a) contrary to
    ■ sustantivo femenino
    a) (esp AmL fam) ( dificultad) snag;

    ◊ llevarle la contra a algn to contradict sb

    b) (Col) ( antídoto) antidote

    c) (Pol, Hist) ( grupo):


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( individuo) Contra rebel
    ■ sustantivo masculino See Also→
    ◊ pro

    contra
    I preposición
    1 (oposición) against
    estar en contra de algo, to be against sthg
    nadie dijo nada en contra, no one disagreed
    2 (apoyado en) against
    3 (cuando indica colisión física) into
    II f Pol (grupo contrarrevolucionario) contra
    ♦ Locuciones: los pros y los contras, the pros and cons

    ' contra' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abominar
    - animosidad
    - apelar
    - atentar
    - atentado
    - azuzar
    - blasfemar
    - bloque
    - cabeza
    - cargar
    - chocar
    - combatir
    - conjurarse
    - corriente
    - cuerda
    - darse
    - declararse
    - defender
    - derecha
    - despotricar
    - efectiva
    - efectivo
    - eficaz
    - embestir
    - empotrar
    - enfrente
    - envío
    - estampar
    - estamparse
    - estrellar
    - estrellarse
    - exaltada
    - exaltado
    - impacto
    - imponer
    - indisponer
    - injuria
    - inoculación
    - interponer
    - juventud
    - legal
    - manifestarse
    - mutar
    - mutarse
    - oponerse
    - oposición
    - pared
    - predisponer
    - preservar
    - prevenir
    English:
    accusation
    - against
    - agitate
    - aid
    - antihistamine
    - antipollution
    - argue
    - argument
    - attack
    - attempt
    - avoid
    - back
    - barge into
    - belief
    - bias
    - biased
    - blast
    - blitz
    - bump
    - bump into
    - campaign
    - cannon
    - career
    - cash
    - charge
    - charity
    - claim
    - clamp down
    - clash
    - clock
    - clutch
    - combat
    - come out
    - con
    - contra
    - contrary
    - counter
    - crack
    - crack down
    - crackdown
    - crash
    - crime
    - decide
    - demonstrate
    - discriminate
    - fight
    - find
    - for
    - foul
    - from
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    la Contra the Contras
    ♦ nmf
    Contra (rebel)
    * * *
    I prp against;
    en contra de against;
    en contra against
    II f fig
    :
    hacer la contra a alguien contradict s.o.
    * * *
    contra nf
    1) fam : difficulty, snag
    2)
    llevar la contra a : to oppose, to contradict
    contra nm
    : con
    los pros y los contras: the pros and cons
    contra prep
    : against
    * * *
    contra1 n drawback
    contra2 prep
    1. (en general) against
    2. (con chocar, etc) into
    3. (con tirar, etc) at
    4. (con caerse, etc) on
    6. (en deportes) versus

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  • 4 aguijón

    m.
    1 sting, prod, stinger, prong.
    2 stinger.
    3 goad, spur, prod, drive.
    4 thorn.
    * * *
    1 ZOOLOGÍA sting
    2 BOTÁNICA thorn, prickle
    3 figurado (estímulo) sting, spur
    4 (espuela) spur
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) goad
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=puya) goad; [de insecto] sting; [de planta] prickle, spine

    dar coces contra el aguijón — to kick against the pricks, struggle in vain

    2) (=incitación) stimulus, incitement
    * * *
    a) ( vara) goad
    b) (Zool) sting

    sintió el aguijón de los celos — (liter) he felt a sharp stab of jealousy (liter)

    * * *
    = sting.
    Ex. This book deals with the general biology of dangerous reptiles and anthropods, the nature of animal venoms, immunological aspects of envenomation, and treatment of bites and stings.
    * * *
    a) ( vara) goad
    b) (Zool) sting

    sintió el aguijón de los celos — (liter) he felt a sharp stab of jealousy (liter)

    * * *

    Ex: This book deals with the general biology of dangerous reptiles and anthropods, the nature of animal venoms, immunological aspects of envenomation, and treatment of bites and stings.

    * * *
    1 (vara) goad
    2 ( Zool) sting
    sintió el aguijón de los celos ( liter); he was stung by jealousy, he felt a sharp stab of jealousy ( liter)
    * * *

    aguijón sustantivo masculino
    a) ( vara) goad

    b) (Zool) sting

    aguijón sustantivo masculino
    1 sting
    2 fig (aliciente) incentive
    ' aguijón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lanceta
    English:
    sting
    * * *
    1. [de insecto, escorpión] sting
    2. [vara afilada] goad
    3. [estímulo] spur, stimulus
    * * *
    m ZO sting; fig
    spur
    * * *
    aguijón nm, pl - jones
    1) : stinger (of a bee, etc.)
    2) : goad
    * * *
    aguijón n sting

    Spanish-English dictionary > aguijón

  • 5 wach

    Adj.
    1. präd. awake; weitS. (aufgestanden) up (and about), stirring (auch Stadt etc.); wach sein auch have woken up; wach werden wake up, awake; er ist ( morgens) nicht wach zu kriegen he won’t wake up (in the morning); jemanden wach rütteln shake s.o. awake ( oder out of his oder her sleep); fig. wake s.o. up, make s.o. sit up (and take notice); stärker: shake s.o. up; sich mühsam wach halten struggle to stay awake; die ganze Nacht wach liegen lie awake all night, not get a wink of sleep all night; jemanden wach küssen wake s.o. with a kiss
    2. fig.: wacher Geist lively ( oder alert) mind; waches Auge watchful eye; wache Erinnerungen vivid memories; das Andenken oder die Erinnerung an etw. wach halten keep the memory of s.th. alive; wach werden (aufmerksam) prick up one’s ears; Empfindungen etc.: be aroused; wieder wach werden Vorurteile etc.: reawaken, revive
    * * *
    awake; open-eyed
    * * *
    wạch [vax]
    adj
    awake pred; (fig = aufgeweckt) alert, wide-awake; Nacht sleepless, wakeful

    sich wach halten — to keep or stay awake, to keep oneself awake

    See:
    → auch wachhalten
    * * *
    (not asleep: Is he awake?) awake
    * * *
    [vax]
    ▪ \wach sein to be awake
    ▪ \wach werden to wake up
    \wach bleiben to stay awake
    jdn \wach halten to keep sb awake
    \wach liegen to lie awake
    2. (aufgeweckt) alert, keen, sharp
    * * *
    1.

    das Interesse/die Erinnerung usw. wach halten — (fig.) keep the interest/memory etc. alive

    2) (aufmerksam, rege) alert <mind, eyes, etc.>; attentive < audience>; lively, keen < interest>
    2.
    adverbial alertly; attentively
    * * *
    wach adj
    1. präd awake; weitS. (aufgestanden) up (and about), stirring (auch Stadt etc);
    wach sein auch have woken up;
    wach werden wake up, awake;
    er ist (morgens) nicht wach zu kriegen he won’t wake up (in the morning);
    jemanden wach rütteln shake sb awake ( oder out of his oder her sleep); fig → wachrütteln;
    sich mühsam wach halten struggle to stay awake;
    die ganze Nacht wach liegen lie awake all night, not get a wink of sleep all night;
    jemanden wach küssen wake sb with a kiss
    2. fig:
    wacher Geist lively ( oder alert) mind;
    waches Auge watchful eye;
    wache Erinnerungen vivid memories;
    wach werden (aufmerksam) prick up one’s ears; Empfindungen etc: be aroused;
    wieder wach werden Vorurteile etc: reawaken, revive
    * * *
    1.

    das Interesse/die Erinnerung usw. wach halten — (fig.) keep the interest/memory etc. alive

    2) (aufmerksam, rege) alert <mind, eyes, etc.>; attentive < audience>; lively, keen < interest>
    2.
    adverbial alertly; attentively
    * * *
    adj.
    awake adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wach

  • 6 corrido

    adj.
    1 consecutive.
    2 experienced, deft, expert, old-hand.
    3 ashamed, blushing, abashed, embarrassed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: correr.
    * * *
    1 (peso) good
    2 (seguido) full, continuous
    5 (tiempo) running
    \
    de corrido (sin parar) without stopping 2 (con fluidez) fluently
    dejar corrido,-a a alguien figurado to embarrass somebody
    quedarse corrido,-a figurado to feel embarrassed
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [habitación, galería] continuous
    2) [cortinas] drawn
    3) (=avergonzado) abashed, embarrassed
    4) (=experimentado) worldly-wise, sharp
    5) [con expresiones temporales]
    6) [peso, medida] extra, extra large

    un kilo corrido — a good kilo, a kilo and a bit

    7) [estilo] fluent, confident

    se sabía la lección de corrido — he knew it all right through, he could say it all from memory

    8) Méx
    2. SM
    1) Méx (=balada) ballad
    2) Perú (=fugitivo) fugitive from justice
    CORRIDO Corridos are Mexican ballads, usually sung by a solo voice and accompanied on the guitar. Traditionally they were used to narrate important events to semi-literate communities, and favourite themes include the Mexican Revolution and Mexican migration to the USA. The corrido is similar in form to the Spanish romance from which it derives, but deals with the common people's struggle for justice, rather than the chivalrous deeds of the aristocracy.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fam) < persona> worldly-wise (colloq)
    b) <balcón/galería> continuous
    c) (Esp fam) ( avergonzado) embarrassed
    II •• Cultural note:
    In Mexico, a ballad sung to guitar and trumpet accompaniment on subjects such as battles, heroic deeds, love affairs, the fight for equality, and the lives of historical and fictional characters. Corridos developed from the Spanish ballad tradition. The lyrics are straightforward songs of the common people
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fam) < persona> worldly-wise (colloq)
    b) <balcón/galería> continuous
    c) (Esp fam) ( avergonzado) embarrassed
    II •• Cultural note:
    In Mexico, a ballad sung to guitar and trumpet accompaniment on subjects such as battles, heroic deeds, love affairs, the fight for equality, and the lives of historical and fictional characters. Corridos developed from the Spanish ballad tradition. The lyrics are straightforward songs of the common people
    * * *
    corrido1 -da
    1 ( fam); ‹persona› worldly-wise
    es un hombre muy corrido he's a man of the world, he's very worldly-wise, he's been around ( colloq)
    2 ‹balcón/galería› continuous
    de corrido ( fam): se lo saben de corrido they know it (off) by heart
    me lo dijo de corrido he reeled it off parrot-fashion
    3 ( Esp fam) (avergonzado) embarrassed
    corrido2 corrido (↑ corrido a1)
    In Mexico, a ballad sung to guitar and trumpet accompaniment on subjects such as battles, heroic deeds, love affairs, the fight for equality, and the lives of historical and fictional characters.
    Corridos developed from the Spanish ballad tradition. The lyrics are straightforward songs of the common people.
    * * *

    Del verbo correr: ( conjugate correr)

    corrido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    correr    
    corrido
    correr ( conjugate correr) verbo intransitivo
    1

    ◊ bajó/subió las escaleras corriendo she ran down/up the stairs;

    salieron corriendo del banco they ran out of the bank;
    echó a corrido he started to run
    b) (Auto, Dep) [piloto/conductor] to race

    2

    ◊ ¡corre, ponte los zapatos! hurry o quick, put your shoes on!;

    no corras tanto que te equivocarás don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes ;
    corrí a llamarte I rushed to call you;
    me tengo que ir corriendo I have to rush off
    b) (fam) [ vehículo] to go fast;

    [ conductor] to drive fast
    3
    a) [carretera/río] to run;

    [ agua] to run;
    [ sangre] to flow;

    b) [ rumor]:

    ◊ corre el rumor/la voz de que … there is a rumor going around that …

    4 (pasar, transcurrir):
    ◊ corría el año 1973 cuando … it was 1973 when …;

    con el corrido de los años as time went/goes by;
    ¡cómo corre el tiempo! how time flies!
    5 ( hacerse cargo) corrido con algo ‹ con gastos› to pay sth;
    ‹ con organización› to be responsible for sth
    verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (Dep) ‹ maratón› to run

    b) (Auto, Dep) ‹prueba/gran premio› to race in

    2 ( exponerse a):

    aquí no corres peligro you're safe here
    3
    a) ‹botón/ficha/silla› to move;

    ‹ cortina› ( cerrar) to draw, close;
    ( abrir) to open, pull back;

    b) (Inf) ‹ texto› to scroll

    correrse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) [silla/cama] to move;

    [pieza/carga] to shift
    b) (fam) [ persona] to move up o over

    2
    a) [ tinta] to run;

    [rímel/maquillaje] to run, smudge;

    b) (AmL) [ media] to ladder

    corrido sustantivo masculino: Mexican folk song
    correr
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to run
    (ir deprisa) to go fast
    (al conducir) to drive fast
    2 (el viento) to blow
    (un río) to flow
    3 (darse prisa) to hurry: corre, que no llegamos, hurry up or we'll be late
    figurado corrí a hablar con él, I rushed to talk to him
    4 (estar en situación de) correr peligro, to be in danger
    correr prisa, to be urgent
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (estar expuesto a) to have
    correr el riesgo, to run the risk
    2 (una cortina) to draw
    (un cerrojo) to close
    3 (un mueble) to pull up, draw up
    ♦ Locuciones: corre a mi cargo, I'll take care of it
    correr con los gastos, to foot the bill
    ' corrido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horario
    * * *
    corrido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [cortinas] drawn
    2. [avergonzado] embarrassed
    3. [experimentado] wordly-wise
    4. [continuo] continuous;
    balcón corrido long balcony [along front of building];
    banco corrido long bench;
    dos páginas de texto corrido two pages of continuous o unbroken text;
    se lo sabe de corrido she knows it by heart;
    recitar algo de corrido to recite sth Br parrot-fashion o US like a parrot
    ♦ nm
    [canción] = Mexican ballad
    * * *
    adj
    :
    decir algo de corrido fig say sth parrot-fashion
    * * *
    corrido, -da adj
    1) : straight, continuous
    2) : wordly, experienced
    : Mexican narrative folk song

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  • 7 piquete

    m.
    1 peg, stake (tool).
    2 prick (informal) (picadura, pinchazo) (de aguja). (Mexican Spanish)
    3 bite, sting.
    El águila se abatió y tomó al conejo The eagle swooped and got the rabbit
    4 picket, strike picket, picket line.
    * * *
    1 (de huelga) picket
    2 (de soldados) squad
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de personas] (Mil) squad, party; [en huelga] picket
    2) Arg (=corral) yard, small corral
    3) (=pinchazo) prick, jab
    4) (=agujero) small hole ( in clothing)
    5) And (=merienda) picnic
    6) Caribe (Mús) street band
    * * *
    1) ( de huelguistas) picket; ( de soldados) squad, picket (arch)
    2) (Méx fam)
    a) ( herida) prick; ( inyección) shot (colloq), jab (colloq)
    b) ( de insecto) sting, bite
    c) ( de licor) drop
    * * *
    1) ( de huelguistas) picket; ( de soldados) squad, picket (arch)
    2) (Méx fam)
    a) ( herida) prick; ( inyección) shot (colloq), jab (colloq)
    b) ( de insecto) sting, bite
    c) ( de licor) drop
    * * *
    piquete1
    1 = picket line, picket, picketing.

    Ex: Rather, diversity is emphasized by telling the stories of women in settings as various as the suburbs and the farms, the kitchens, and the picket lines.

    Ex: This group of Republican women organized the first picket of Armagh and saw feminist demands as part of the struggle for national freedom.
    Ex: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.
    * formación de piquetes = picketing.
    * formar un piquete frente a = picket.

    piquete2
    2 = picketer, picket striker.

    Ex: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.

    Ex: With one exception, no picket striker or citizen was injured as a result of the presence of state troops.

    * * *
    A
    2 (de soldados) squad, picket ( arch)
    Compuesto:
    piquete móvil or volante
    flying picket
    B ( Méx fam)
    1 (con aguja — herida) prick; (— inyección) injection, shot ( colloq), jab ( colloq)
    2 (de insecto) sting, bite
    3 (de licor) drop
    C ( Chi) (en una tela) small hole
    D ( Col) (picnic) picnic
    * * *

    piquete sustantivo masculino
    1 ( de huelguistas) picket;
    ( de soldados) squad, picket (arch)
    2 (Méx fam)
    a) ( herida) prick;

    ( inyección) shot (colloq), jab (colloq)

    piquete sustantivo masculino
    1 (de soldados) squad
    2 (de huelga) picket
    ' piquete' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flying picket
    - picket
    - picket-line
    - prick
    * * *
    1. [herramienta] peg, stake
    2. [de huelguistas] picket
    piquete informativo = picket concerned with raising awareness and informing workers about the need for industrial action
    3. piquete de ejecución firing squad
    4. Col [picnic] picnic
    5. Col [comida] = roast meat chopped into small pieces and accompanied by potatoes, banana and corn
    6. Méx Fam [picadura, pinchazo] [de aguja] prick;
    [de insecto] sting
    7. Méx Fam [golpe] prod;
    8. Méx Fam [punzada] stabbing pain
    9. Méx Fam [de bebida] shot
    * * *
    m
    1 POL picket
    picadura bite
    punzada sharp pain
    * * *
    1) : picketers pl, picket line
    2) : squad, detachment
    3) Mex : prick, jab

    Spanish-English dictionary > piquete

  • 8 tiraillement

    tiʀajmɑ̃
    nom masculin
    1) ( sur une corde) pulling [U], tugging [U]
    2) ( sensation) nagging pain
    3) ( friction) friction [U]
    * * *
    tiʀɒjmɑ̃
    1. nm
    (= douleur) sharp pain
    2. tiraillements nmpl
    1) (= doute) agony of indecision
    2) (= conflit) friction
    * * *
    1 ( sur corde) pulling ¢, tugging ¢;
    2 ( sensation) nagging pain; tiraillements d'estomac hunger pangs;
    3 fig ( friction) friction ¢ (entre between); des tiraillements au sein de l'équipe friction in the team.
    [tirajmɑ̃] nom masculin
    1. [sur une corde] tug
    2. [d'estomac] gnawing pain
    [de la peau, d'un muscle] tightness
    ————————
    tiraillements nom masculin pluriel
    [conflit] struggle, conflict
    il y a des tiraillements dans la famille/le syndicat there is friction within the family/the union

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tiraillement

  • 9 Á

    * * *
    a negative suffix to verbs, not;
    era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.
    * * *
    1.
    á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]
    With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.
    WITH DAT.
    A. Loc.
    I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.
    II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.
    2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).
    3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.
    4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.
    III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).
    B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:
    I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.
    II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.
    III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.
    IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.
    C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:
    I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.
    2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.
    3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.
    II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.
    III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.
    IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’
    2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.
    V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.
    VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.
    VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.
    VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.
    WITH ACC.
    A. Loc.
    I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.
    2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.
    3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.
    II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:
    1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.
    2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.
    III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.
    IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.
    V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.
    VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.
    VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.
    B. TEMP.
    I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.
    II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.
    III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.
    IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.
    V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.
    VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.
    VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.
    C. Metaph. and in various relations:
    I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.
    β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.
    II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:
    1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.
    2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.
    3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.
    β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.
    III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.
    IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:
    1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.
    2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.
    3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.
    V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.
    VI. connected with nouns,
    1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.
    2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.
    3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.
    VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.
    2.
    f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.
    COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > Á

  • 10 feroce

    fierce, ferocious
    animale wild
    ( insopportabile) dreadful
    * * *
    feroce agg.
    1 ferocious; savage, wild, tigerish; fierce; cruel: bestie feroci, wild beasts; sguardo feroce, fierce look; vendetta feroce, savage vendetta; lotta feroce, ferocious struggle
    2 ( terribile, insopportabile) fierce, terrible, violent, sharp: un dolore feroce, a terrible pain; ho un mal di testa feroce, I've got a splitting headache; un freddo feroce, a terrible cold; fame, appetito feroce, ravenous appetite // scherzo feroce, cruel joke.
    * * *
    [fe'rotʃe]
    1)

    animale, bestia feroce — wild animal, savage beast

    2) fig. [umorismo, repressione] cruel, fierce, ferocious; [lotta, concorrenza, critica] bitter, fierce; [ odio] ferocious, fierce; [fame, sete] ferocious, terrible
    * * *
    feroce
    /fe'rot∫e/
     1 animale, bestia feroce wild animal, savage beast
     2 fig. [umorismo, repressione] cruel, fierce, ferocious; [lotta, concorrenza, critica] bitter, fierce; [ odio] ferocious, fierce; [fame, sete] ferocious, terrible.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > feroce

  • 11 qattiq

    hard, tough, strong, firm; solid; loud; fierce, harsh, sharp, deep, extreme; dangerous, serious; tight fisted. qattiq ogohlantirish/qattiq teg /o’ziga qattiq ol to take badly. qattiq tur to stand firm. qattiq tut to hold on rigidly to, to control, to restrict. qattiq qara to stare hard. qattiq kunlar dark, difficult times. qattiq kurash fierce struggle. qattiq intizom strict order. qattiq sovuq fierce cold. qattiq mast bo’l to be extremely drunk. qattiq gapir to speak loud or harshly. qattiq matonat extreme courage. qattiq aloqa strong bind or relationship. qattiq shikast serious damage. qattiq qo’lli strict, harsh

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  • 12 buru

    iz.
    1. Anat.
    a. head; \burua gora ekarriko du he'll come with his head held high; \burua behera ekarriko du he'll come with his head hanging low; \burua hautsi zion he smashed his head in
    b. (esa.) \burutik oinera from head to foot; \burua egingo nuke egia dela I'd bet my life it's true; ez du \bururik ez buztanik it makes no sense at all; \buru eta bihotz heart and soul; \buru agertu i. to uncover one's head ii. (nabaritu) to stand off, make o.s. conspicuous; bere \burua aitaren aurrean agertu zuen he appeared before his father; \burua jaso to raise one's head
    2. (gauzakiei d., e.a.)
    a. Tek. head
    b. head; orratzaren \burua the head of a needle
    c. (ezpatari d.) pommel
    d. (oheari d.) bedstead
    e. (etxeari d.) top
    3. Nekaz. head; hogei \buru dituzte abeltegi hartan they've got twenty head of cattle in that corral
    a. end; kale \buruan dago it's at the end of the street; \burutik \burura i. from end to end ii. (liburuari d.) from cover to cover; \bururen \buru (I) from beginning to end; -(r)i \buru eman to put an end to; \burutan atera to carry out |to finish
    b. (hatzari d.) tip; hatz-\buru fingertip\buru
    5. (aurrekoalde) head; manifestazioaren \buru\\\buruzebilen he went at the head of the demonstration
    b. liburaren \buruan at the beginning of the book
    a. head, leader; sail\buru department head | head of the department; Elizaren \burua the head of the Church ; familiaren \burua the head of the family; nor da etxe honetako \buru\\\burua? who is the head of this household?; nik, bederen, posible ikusten dut, noizbait, nekearen nekez, Sri Lankako Gobernu batek, nornahi duela \buru, amore ematea autodeterminazioaren eskakizunari I, for one, think it possible that some day, after a great deal of strife, a government in Sri Lanka, whoever heads it, will give in to the demand for self-determination
    b. (bilerari, bilkurari d.) \buru izan to preside (- (e)an: at) ; \buru ibili to preside; \buru dabilen apezpiku \\ apezpikutza \\ agintari \\ apaizgodun aitzindari presiding Bishop \\ Bishopric \\ authority \\ priesthood leader
    a. mind, head; \buru argia du she's got a bright mind; \burua behar da horretarako you've got to have a mind for that; \burutan hartu to bear in mind; bihotz euskaldunaren eta \buru erdaldunaren arteko borroka amaigabea the never-ending struggle between the Basque-speaking heart and the {Spanish-speaking || French-speaking} mind
    b. (esa.) i-i \burua berotu i. to rile up, stir up ii. (zirrara eman) to excite; edariak \burua berotzen du drink excites you iii. (kezkatu) to worry ; \burua galdu to lose one's mind ; i-i \burua hartu i. (alkoholak i-r, e.a.) to cloud; pattarrak \burua hartu zion booze clouded his mind ii. (beti berdin pentsarazi) to get to one's head ; i-i \burua jan to brainwash sb ; -(r)i \burua zoratu to go mad; \buruak eman to occur; \buruak ematen dion guztia egin behar du he's got to do whatever strikes his fancy; \buruan erabili i. to think of | to ponder about; zer edo zer erabiliko du \buruan dirurik ez galtzeko he'll of think something so as not to lose any money ii. (azpikerietan ibili) to plot ; \buru(t)an hartu to take into consideration |to give thought to; \buruan gatza izan (du/ad.) to be bright; \buruan sartu i. (bururatu, otu) to get... into one's head | to get the idea ii. (hartu, ulertu) to understand, grasp; horrelako gauzak ez dira nire \buruan sartzen I simply can't understand such things; \burutik egon to be {mad || crazy || nuts}, be off one's rocker; \burutik {igaro || pasa} i. to go through one's mind ii. (aurrez susmatu) to have a feeling; susmo txar bat igaro zitzaion \burutik she had a terrible foreboding; \burutik jauzi to go {crazy || mad}, crack up ; \burutik joanda crazy, mad ; \burutik {kendu || atera || bota} to forget; ezin zuen \burutik kendu he couldn't get her out of his {mind || head}; beldurra \burutik kentzeko in order to get over the fear
    8. (oroimen) memory, head; \buru txarra du he's got a bad memory | he's got a head like a sieve
    9. (jatorri) origin; bekatu guztien \burua the origin of all sins
    10. Geog. Naut. cape
    b. (mendikoa) top, peak
    11. Landr.
    a. (gariarena) ear
    b. (artoarena) cob, ear
    12. Mat. \burura gorde to carry; hamar gehi hamaika hogeita bat eta \bururako bi ten plus eleven equals twenty-one carry two
    13. (arma) warhead; \buru nuklear nuclear warhead
    14.
    a. self; nire \buruari esan nion... I said to myself...; bere \burua garbitu du he killed himself; bere \burua trenari bota zion he threw himself against a train; \burua zuritu to justify oneself; nork bere \buruaz beste egin to kill o.s. | to commit suicide; begi zorrotzak izan ditut hutsak ikusteko, batez ere, huts horiek geure \buruarenak, neronenak barne, direnean I've kept a sharp eye out for mistakes, especially mistakes committed by ourselves, including my own
    b. ez dut nahi zuekin \burua bat egin I do not wish to join you
    c. [izenen aurrean] self-; \burujabetasun independence

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > buru

  • 13 Asper

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 14 asper

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • 15 asperum

    1.
    asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. (aspra = aspera, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, but Vahl. ad Enn. p. 166 reads spissa instead of aspra:

    aspris = asperis,

    Verg. A. 2, 379;

    aspro = aspero,

    Pall. Insit. 67) [etym. dub.; Doed. foll. by Hinter connects it with aspairô, to struggle, to resist; Corssen, Ausspr. II. p. 593, regards asper (i. e. ab spe) as the proper opposite of prosper (i. e. pro spe); thus asper originally meant hopeless, desperate; v. also id. ib. II. p. 870; cf. the use of res asperae as the opposite of res prosperae]; as affecting the sense of touch, rough, uneven (opp. lēvis or lenis; syn.: scaber, acutus, insuavis, acerbus, amarus, mordax, durus).
    I.
    1.. Lit.:

    lingua aspera tactu,

    Lucr. 6, 1150; cf. Verg. G. 3, 508; Ov. M. 7, 556; Luc. 4, 325:

    mixta aspera levibus,

    Lucr. 2, 471:

    in locis (spectatur) plani an montuosi, leves an asperi,

    Cic. Part. Or. 10, 36: Quid judicant sensus? dulce, amarum;

    lene, asperum,

    id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    tumulus asperi (sc. saxibus) soli,

    Liv. 25, 36: saxa, Enn. ap. Cic. Pis. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Pac. ap. Mar. Vict. p. 2522 P.; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Lucr. 4, 147; Ov. M. 6, 76; cf.

    Leucas,

    Luc. 1, 42:

    loca,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42, and Vulg. Act. 27, 29:

    viae asperae,

    ib. Bar. 4, 26:

    vallis aspera,

    ib. Deut. 21, 4 et saep.: unda, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    glacies,

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    hiems,

    Ov. M. 11, 490; Claud. ap. Prob. Cons. 270: Phasis, i. e. frozen, ice-bound, Prob. ap. Rufin. I. 375;

    and of climate: aspera caelo Germania,

    harsh, severe, Tac. G. 2: arteria. the windpipe (v. arteria), Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136; Cels. 4, 1.—Of raised work (i. e. bas-relief, etc., as being rough), as in Gr. trachus (cf. exaspero):

    aspera signis Pocula,

    Verg. A. 9, 263:

    Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis,

    id. ib. 5, 267:

    signis exstantibus asper Antiquus crater,

    Ov. M. 12, 235 (cf.:

    stantem extra pocula caprum,

    Juv. 1, 76):

    Summus inaurato crater erat asper acantho,

    Ov. M. 13, 701:

    aspera pocula,

    Prop. 2, 6, 17:

    ebur,

    Sen. Hippol. 899:

    balteus,

    Val. Fl. 5, 578:

    cingula bacis,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 89; cf. Drak. ad Sil. 11, 279:

    nummus,

    not worn smooth, new, Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Sen. Ep. 19:

    mare,

    agitated by a storm, rough, tempestuous, Liv. 37, 16.—Of things that have a rough, thorny, prickly exterior:

    barba,

    Tib. 1, 8, 32:

    sentes,

    Verg. A. 2, 379:

    rubus,

    id. E. 3, 89:

    mucro,

    Luc. 7, 139 (cf. Tac. A. 15, 54: pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit; v. aspero).—
    2.
    Meton., of food: He. Asper meus victus sanest. Er. Sentisne essitas? He. My fare is very rough. Er. Do you feed on brambles? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 37; also of a cough producing hoarseness:

    quas (fauces) aspera vexat Assidue tussis,

    Mart. 11, 86, 1.—
    3.
    Subst.: aspĕrum, i, n., an uneven, rough place:

    latens in asperis radix,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 67:

    aspera maris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    propter aspera et confragosa,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53:

    per aspera et devia,

    Suet. Tib. 60:

    erunt aspera in vias planas,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 4; ib. Luc. 3, 5.—Also in the sup. absol.:

    asperrimo hiemis Ticinum usque progressus,

    Tac. A. 3, 5.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of taste, rough, harsh, sour, bitter, brackish, acrid, pungent:

    asperum, Pater, hoc (vinum) est: aliud lenius, sodes, vide,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 49:

    asper sapor maris,

    Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222: allium asperi saporis;

    quo plures nuclei fuere, hoc est asperius,

    id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:

    asperrimum piper,

    id. 12, 7, 14, § 27:

    acetum quam asperrimum,

    id. 20, 9, 39, § 97.—
    2.
    Of sound, rough, harsh, grating, etc.:

    (pronuntiationis genus) lene, asperum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—Hence a poet. epithet of the letter R ( also called littera canina), Ov. F. 5, 481.—In rhetoric, rough, rugged, irregular: quidam praefractam et asperam compositionem probant;

    virilem putant et fortem, quae aurem inaequalitate percutiat,

    Sen. Ep. 114; cf. Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    duram potius atque asperam compositionem malim esse quam effeminatam et enervem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 142. And in gram., spiritus asper, the h sound, the aspirate, Prisc. p. 572 P.—
    3.
    Of smell, sharp, pungent:

    herba odoris asperi,

    Plin. 27, 8, 41, § 64.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    a.. Of moral qualities, rough, harsh, hard, violent, unkind, rude (cf.: acerbus, acer, and Wagner ad Verg. A. 1, 14):

    quos naturā putes asperos atque omnibus iniquos,

    Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

    orator truculentus, asper, maledicus,

    id. Brut. 34, 129:

    aspera Juno,

    Verg. A. 1, 279:

    juvenis monitoribus asper,

    Hor. A. P. 163:

    patres vestros, asperrimos illos ad condicionem pacis,

    Liv. 22, 59; cf. id. 2, 27:

    rebus non asper egenis,

    Verg. A. 8, 365:

    cladibus asper,

    exasperated, Ov. M. 14, 485:

    asperaque est illi difficilisque Venus,

    unfriendly, Tib. 1, 9, 20; cf. id. 1, 6, 2:

    (Galatea) acrior igni, Asperior tribulis, fetā truculentior ursā,

    Ov. M. 13, 803:

    Quam aspera est nimium sapientia indoctis hominibus,

    Vulg. Eccli. 6, 21:

    asper contemptor divom Mezentius,

    Verg. A. 7, 647:

    aspera Pholoe,

    coy, Hor. C. 1, 33, 6.—Of a harsh, austere, rigid view of life, or manner of living:

    accessit istuc doctrina (sc. Stoicorum) non moderata nec mitis, sed paulo asperior et durior quam aut veritas aut natura patiatur,

    Cic. Mur. 29:

    (Stoici) horridiores evadunt, asperiores, duriores et oratione et verbis,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78 (v. asperitas, II. A.):

    (Cato) asperi animi et linguae acerbae et immodice liberae fuit, sed rigidae innocentiae,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    (Karthago) studiis asperrima belli,

    Verg. A. 1, 14, ubi v. Wagner:

    Camilla aspera,

    id. ib. 11, 664; cf.:

    gens laboribus et bellis asperrima,

    Just. 2, 3:

    virgo aspera,

    i. e. Diana, Sen. Med. 87.—
    b.
    Of animals, wild, savage, fierce:

    (anguis) asper siti atque exterritus aestu,

    Verg. G. 3, 434:

    bos aspera cornu, i. e. minax,

    id. ib. 3, 57; cf. Hor. Epod. 6, 11:

    ille (lupus) asper Saevit,

    Verg. A. 9, 62:

    lupus dulcedine sanguinis asper,

    Ov. M. 11, 402:

    ille (leo) asper retro redit,

    Verg. A. 9, 794:

    tigris aspera,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 9; 3, 2, 10:

    (equus) asper frena pati,

    Sil. 3, 387.—
    B.
    Of things, rough, harsh, troublesome, adverse, calamitous, cruel, etc. (most freq. in the poets):

    in periculis et asperis temporibus,

    Cic. Balb. 9: qui labores, pericula, dubias atque asperas res facile toleraverant, Sall. C. 10, 2: mala res, spes multo asperior, ( our) circumstances are bad, ( our) prospects still worse, id. ib. 20, 13:

    venatus,

    Verg. A. 8, 318:

    bellum,

    Sall. J. 48, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

    pugna,

    Verg. A. 11, 635; 12, 124:

    fata,

    id. ib. 6, 882:

    odia,

    id. ib. 2, 96.— Absol.:

    multa aspera,

    Prop. 1, 18, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 21 al.—Of discourse, severe, abusive:

    asperioribus facetiis perstringere aliquem,

    Cic. Planc. 14; Tac. A. 15, 68:

    verba,

    Tib. 4, 4, 14; Ov. P. 2, 6, 8; Vulg. Psa. 90, 3:

    vox,

    Curt. 7, 1.— Adv.
    a.
    Old form asperĭter, roughly, harshly: cubare, Naev. ap. Non. p. 513, 21; Plaut. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form aspĕrē (in fig. signif.), roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently, etc.
    1.
    Transf.:

    loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; Quint. 6, 5, 5:

    dicere,

    id. 2, 8, 15:

    syllabae aspere coëuntes,

    id. 1, 1, 37.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    aspere accipere aliquid,

    Tac. A. 4, 31:

    aspere et acerbe accusare aliquem,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 6:

    aspere agere aliquid,

    Liv. 3, 50:

    aspere et ferociter et libere dicta,

    Cic. Planc. 13, 33; Quint. 6, 3, 28:

    aspere et vehementer loqui,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: ne quid aspere loquaris, * Vulg. Gen. 31, 24.— Comp.:

    asperius loqui aliquid,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    asperius scribere de aliquo,

    id. Att. 9, 15.— Sup.:

    asperrime loqui in aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 2, 22, 5:

    asperrime pati aliquid,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 1:

    asperrime saevire in aliquem,

    Vell. 2, 7.
    2.
    Asper, eri, m.
    I.
    A cognomen of L. Trebonius:

    L. Trebonius... insectandis patribus, unde Aspero etiam inditum est cognomen, tribunatum gessit,

    Liv. 3, 65, 4. —
    II.
    Asper, Aspri (Prob. p. 201 Keil), m., a Latin grammarian, two of whose treatises have come down to us; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 474, 4.

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  • Jacob H. Sharp — Infobox Military Person name= Jacob Hunter Sharp born= February 6, 1833 died= September 15, 1907 caption= nickname= placeofbirth= Pickensville, Alabama placeofdeath= Columbus, Mississippi allegiance= Confederate States of America branch= branch=… …   Wikipedia

  • Gene Sharp — (* 21. Januar 1928) ist Politikwissenschaftler und Gründer der Albert Einstein Institution, die sich mit Studien zur und der Verbreitung von Gewaltfreier Aktion beschäftigt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Wissenschaftliche Bedeutung 2 Wirkungsmacht 3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wilf Sharp — was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Clydebank, Airdrieonians, Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford Park Avenue. Sharp was a right half whose career lasted from 1925 to 1936, he only made 65 appearances in the English League but in… …   Wikipedia

  • Gene Sharp — Este artículo o sección sobre biografías necesita ser wikificado con un formato acorde a las convenciones de estilo. Por favor, edítalo para que las cumpla. Mientras tanto, no elimines este aviso puesto el 19 de enero de 2008. También puedes… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Twelve Sharp (novel) — infobox Book | name = Twelve Sharp title orig = translator = image caption = 2006 Hardcover author = Janet Evanovich cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Stephanie Plum subject = genre = Crime publisher = St. Martin… …   Wikipedia

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