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1 concido [2]
2. concido, cidī, ere (con u. cado), zusammenfallen, -sinken, -stürzen, einfallen, einsinken, einstürzen, zu Boden fallen, -stürzen, I) eig.: A) v. sächl. Subjj.: a) übh.: concidat caelum omne necesse est, Cic.: concidit conclave, Cic.: repentinā ruinā pars eius turris concidit, Caes.: urbs acerbissimo concidit incendio conflagrata, Cornif. rhet. – b) v. der Flamme, in sich zusammensinken, iam illa flamma, quae magna congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet, Quint. 5, 13, 13; vgl. im Bilde, nonne, ut ignis in aquam coniectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et exstinguitur? zerfällt gänzlich in nichts, Cic. Rosc. com. 17. – c) vom Winde, sich legen (Ggstz. surgere, consurgere), concidunt venti fugiuntque nubes, Hor. carm. 1, 12, 30. – d) (als mediz. t.t.) v. Körperteilen, zusammenfallen, einfallen, einsinken (Ggstz. attolli, excitari), palpebra concidit, Cels.: quidquid e cartilagine concidit excitandum leniter est, Cels. – v. Puls, sinken, si protinus venae conciderunt, Cels. – B) v. leb. Wesen: a) übh.: equus eius ante signum Iovis Statoris sine causa concidit, Cic.: dum cupidius instat, in locum delatus inferiorem concidit, Caes.: Macedonem tam graviter palmā percussit, ut paene concideret, Plin. ep. – v. Ermatteten, c. in cursu, Plaut.: sub onere, Liv. – v. Kraftlosen, Ohnmächtigen, Epileptischen usw., oft bei Cels. – v. Entseelten, Themistoclem aiunt eo (tauri sanguine) poto concidisse, Cic. – v. Kämpfenden, ita pugnans concidit, Caes.: in proelio concidit, Cic.: cum pars quaedam gladiatorum mutuis vulneribus concidisset, Suet. – v. erlegten Wilde, per herbas, Ov. her. 4, 93 sq. – v. Opfertieren, vitulus propter mactatus concidit aras, Lucr.: ante aras ingens ubi victima taurus concidit, Ov. – v. Menschen als Opfer, Lucr. u. Val. Max. – b) (wie συμπίπτειν) vor Magerkeit einfallen = zusammenschrumpfen, concidimus macie, Ps. Ov. her. 21, 215. – II) übtr.: A) v. lebl. Subjj.: a) übh. v. Zuständen aller Art, zusammenstürzen, sinken = allen Halt-, allen Wert-, alle Geltung-, alles Ansehen verlieren, zugrunde gehen, schwinden, ein Ende nehmen, concidit vita, es stürzen die Pfeiler des Lebens zusammen, Lucr.: rem publicam concidere unius discessu, quam omnium interitu occidere malui, Cic.: cum religio, cum pudicitia, cum iudiciorum fides, cum senatus auctoritas concidisset, fore, ut etc., Cic.: scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem (Kredit) concidisse, Cic.: neque enim tam facile opes Carthaginis tantae concidissent, nisi etc., Cic.: quo prodigio totum id concidit regnum, Plin.: morte Othonis concidisse bellum, habe mit dem Tode Othos von selbst sein Ende erreicht, Tac. – b) v. geistigen, gemütlichen Zuständen, sinken, sich legen, schwinden, si cui simul animus (Mut) cum re concidit, Trag. inc. fr.: tum ferocia omnis concidit, Liv.: mens (Besinnung) debilitata metu concidit, Cic. – B) v. leb. Wesen: a) gewaltsam, bes. im polit. Leben, fallen, sinken, stürzen, gestürzt werden, unterliegen, erliegen, nullo modo posse video stare illum diutius, quin ipse per se etiam languentibus nobis concidat, Cic.: non tribunicio, sed consulari ictu concidisse, Cic.: malas causas semper obtinuit, in optima concidit (Pompeius), Cic.: Ggstz., atque illas assumere robora gentes, concidere has, Ov. met. 15, 421 sq. – bes. vor Gericht, concidit autem maxime uno crimine, quod etc., Nep.: iudicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt, Cic.: a.P. Aquilio accusatus populi iudicio concidit, Val. Max. – b) moralisch durch Verlust der Besonnenheit, des Mutes, der Hoffnung, der Besinnung allen Halt verlieren, ne unā plagā acceptā patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent, Cic.: hostes concidunt animis, Hirt. b.G. – allato nuntio de legione quarta mente concidit, verlor er die Besinnung, Cic.
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2 hasta [1]
1. hasta, ae, f. ( gotisch gazds, Stachel, ahd. gart, Gerte), die Stange, der Stab, Schaft, I) im allg.: hastae gramineae, s. grāmineus: hastae de vitibus, Thyrsusstäbe, Calp. – II) insbes., der Spieß, A) eig.: 1) zum Werfen, der Wurfspieß, der Speer, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: hastae cuspis, Iustin.: aeratae od. acutae od. praeacutae cuspidis hasta, Ov.: hasta amentata, Cic.: ferrata, Liv.: praelonga, Tac.: pura, s. pūrus: velitaris, Liv.: militaris, Suet.: hastā proiectā, Nep.: infestā hastā, Verg.: hastam lacĕre, Verg.: hastam eminus conicere, Verg.: inter bellatoris equi cava tempora conicere hastam, Verg.: eminus hastis aut comminus gladio uti, Cic.: hastam dextrā vibrare, Curt.: hastas vibrare ante pugnam, Cic.: hastam speciosissime contorquere, Quint.: hastam in latus contorquere, Verg.: amentatas hastas torquere oratoris lacertis viribusque (im Bilde), Cic.: praelongas hastas protendere, Tac.: hastam evellere, Cic., e corpore iacentis evellere, Curt.: extrahere e vulnere hastam, Curt.: alqm hastae cuspide in fronte vulnerare, Iustin.: caput alcis praefixum hastae circumferre, Suet.: hastae insistere, auf einem (liegenden) Speer stehen, Aur. Vict. – sprichw., hastas abicere, wie unser sprichw. »die Flinte ins Korn werfen« = den Mut verlieren, Cic. Mur. 45. – 2) zu anderem Gebrauche: a) bei öffentl. Versteigerungen u. Verpachtungen aufgesteckt, zur Bezeichnung des Orts u. der öffentlichen, obrigkeitlichen Gewalt, h. venditionis, Cic.: hasta infinita, endlose Versteigerung, Cic.: hastam pro aede Iovis Statoris ponere (ausstecken), Cic.: sub hasta vendere, Liv., od. hastae subicere, Suet., subhastieren, d.i. öffentlich versteigern: ad hastam publicam accedere, öffentliche Versteigerung von Staatsgefällen, Nep.: ebenso ad hastam suam (= censorum) accedere, Liv.: emere ab hasta, s. emo: emptio ab hasta, Cic.: ius hastae, Versteigerungsrecht, Tac. – b) beim Gericht der centumviri aufgesteckt, Mart. 7, 62, 7: dah. hastam centumviralem cogere, ein Zentumviralgericht einberufen, Suet. Aug. 36. – c) zur Schmückung der Haare der Bräute, indem man damit die Haare voneinander teilte, Ov. fast. 2, 560. – d) statt des Zepters, da die Könige ebenfalls Spieße statt der Zepter trugen, Iustin. 43, 3. § 3. – B) übtr. = das männliche Glied, Priap. 45, 1. – / Schreibung asta (wegen der Ableitung von asto), Varro LL. 5, 115. – Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 135 ist. hastis puris duodus (st. duabus) Versehen des Steinmetzen.
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3 pono
pōno, posuī, positum, ere (zsgzg. aus po [= ἀπό] u. sino, dah. auch die Kürze des o im Perf. u. Sup.), niederlassen= legen, setzen, stellen, hinlegen, hinsetzen, hinstellen, aufstellen (griech. τίθημι), konstr. m. Advv. des Ortes, mit in u. Abl. (unklass. mit in u. Akk.), mit ad, ante, sub, super u.a. Praepp., poet. u. nachaug. m. bl. Abl., und absol. (d.h. ohne Angabe des Ortes), I) im allg.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: α) lebl. Objj.: hic verbenas ponite, Hor. – litteras in sinu, in den B. stecken, Liv. fr.: anulum in sede regia, Curt.: speculum in cathedra, Phaedr.: sacra in mensa penatium ordine, Naev. fr.: coronam in caput, Gell.: oleas in solem biduum, Cato: stipitem in flammas, Ov.: in naves putidas commeatum, Cato fr.: cortinam plumbeam in lacum, Cato. – gladium ad caput (zu Häupten), Sen. – caput (Ciceronis) inter duas manus in rostris, Liv. fr.: caput alcis ante regis pedes, corpus ante ipsum, Curt. – ubicumque posuit vestigium, Cic.: vestigia in locuplete domo, Hor.; u. im Bilde, quācumque ingredimur, vestigium in aliqua historia ponimus, Cic. – pedem ubi ponat in suo (regno) non habet, Cic.; u. im Bilde, quod autem sapientia pedem ubi poneret non haberet, Cic. – p. genu, die Knie niederlassen, auf die K. fallen, niederknien, Ov., Sen. rhet., Curt. u.a. (s. Mützell Curt. 4, 6 [28], 28). – p. oscula in labellis, Prop., oscula genis, Stat. – p. scalas, ansetzen, anlegen, Caes. – ne positis quidem, sed abiectis poculis, Curt. – hastā positā pro aede Iovis Statoris, aufgesteckt (bei einer Versteigerung), Cic. – β) persönl. Objj.: posito (sanft niedergesetzt) magis rege, quam effuso (abgeworfen), Curt. – in senatu sunt positi, Cic. fr.: positi vernae circa Lares, Hor. – p. sese in curulibus sellis, Flor. – b) ein Gerät setzen, hinstellen, aufstellen, mensam, Hor.: sellam iuxta, Sall.: in tabernaculo sellam auream, Nep.: mensas totis castris, Curt.: alci mensas exstructas dapibus, Ov.: mensam prandendi gratiā, Val. Max. – p. casses, Ov. – c) hinlagern, hinstrecken, artus in litore, Verg.: corpus in ripa, Ov.: se toro, Ov.: positus inter cervicalia minutissima, Petron.: Giton super pectus meum positus, Petron.: somno positae, im Schl. hingelagert, Verg.: sic positum (vitulum) in clauso linquunt, Verg. – und auf das Totenbett hinlegen, hinbetten, toro componar positaeque det oscula frater, Ov. met. 9, 504. – u. einen Leichnam, Gebeine beisetzen, corpus, Lucr. u. ICt.: alqm, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 434 u. 452: alqm patriā terrā, Verg.: ossa collecta in marmorea domo, Tibull.: ossa collata in urnam auream in foro quod aedificavit sub columna posita sunt, Eutr.; vgl. Goßrau Verg. Aen. 2, 644. – d) jmdm. zu Ehren eine Bildsäule usw. aufstellen, alci statuam, Nep.: columnam Duillio in foro, Quint.: imaginem tyrannicidae in gymnasio, Quint. – bes. (wie τιθέναι) einer Gottheit als Weihgeschenk aufstellen, niederlegen, weihen, donum ex auro in aede Iovis, Liv.: coronam auream in Capitolio donum, Liv.: ex praeda tripodem aureum Delphis, Nep.: serta, Ov.: sectos fratri capillos (als Totenopfer), Ov.: poet., vota, weihen, Prop. Vgl. die Auslgg. zu Hor. carm. 3, 26, 6. Prop. 2, 11, 27. – e) etw. beim Spiele, beim Wetten als Preis setzen, einsetzen, provocat me in aleam, ut ego ludam: pono pallium, ille suum anulum opposuit, Plaut.: p. pocula fagina, Verg. – u. etwas zum Pfande setzen, meam esse vitam hic pro te positam pigneri, verpfändet, Plaut. capt. 433. – übtr. = aussetzen, caput periculo, Plaut. capt. 688. – f) als t. t. der Rechenkunst: p. calculum, τών ψηφον τιθέναι, die Rechensteinchen aufs Brett setzen, einen Ansatz machen, eine Berechnung anstellen, ut diligens ratiocinator calculo posito videt, Colum.: ponatur calculus, adsint cum tabula pueri, Iuven. – dah. im Bilde, cum imperio c. p., sich berechnen, Rechnung ablegen, Plin. pan.: cum alqa re parem calculum ponere, etwas gleichmachen, Plin. ep.: bene calculum ponere, die Sache wohl in Betrachtung ziehen, reiflich überlegen, Petron.: ebenso omnes, quos ego movi, in utraque parte calculos pone etc., Plin. ep. – g) als milit. t. t., eine Mannschaft, einen Befehlshaber mit einer Mannschaft irgendwohin legen, irgendwo aufstellen, praesidium ibi, Caes.: duas legiones in Turonis ad fines Carnutum, Caes.: legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā, Caes.: insidias contra alqm, Cic.: centuriones in statione ad praetoriam portam, Caes.: custodias circa portas, Liv. – h) jmd. an einem entfernten Orte niedersetzen, wohin versetzen, pone me ubi etc., pone sub curru solis in terra etc., Hor.: p. in aethere, Ov.: alqm in caelo, Iustin., in astris, Hyg.: modo me Thebis modo ponit Athenis, Hor. – i) eine Bekanntmachung öffentlich aufstellen, anschlagen, erlassen, edictum, Tac. ann. 1, 7: positis propalam libellis, durch öffentliche Anschläge, ibid. 4, 27. – k) schriftlich hinsetzen, α) übh.: signa novis praeceptis, sich die n. L. anmerken, niederschreiben (ὑποσημειοῦσθαι), Hor. sat. 2, 4, 2. – β) anführen, verba eius haec posuit, Gell. 6 (7), 9, 12: et ipsos quidem versus in libro, quo dixi positos, legat, Gell. 6 (7), 16, 3: ex quibus unum (testimonium), quod prae manibus est, ponemus, Gell. 5, 13, 3. – l) im Partic. Perf. Pass. positus, a, um, α) hingelegt, hingefallen, p. nix, Hor.: positae pruinae, Prop.: p. ros, p. carbunculus, Plin. – β) v. Örtlichkeiten = situs, wo gelegen, liegend, befindlich, Roma in montibus posita, Cic.: Delos in Aegaeo mari p., Cic.: portus ex adverso urbi p., Liv.: tumulus opportune ad id p., Liv.
2) übtr.: a) übh. legen, setzen, stellen, pone ante oculos laetitiam senatus, Cic.: alqd p. paene in conspectu, Cic.: alqd sub uno aspectu, Cic. – in ullo fortunae gradu positus, v. Pers., Curt.: haud multum infra magnitudinis tuae fastigium positus (Parmenio), Curt.: artes infra se positae, Hor. – caput suum p. periculo, in G. geben, Plaut. – ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, ihren ruhigen Gang bis zu Ende nehmen lassen, Cic. – b) jmd. od. etw. in irgendeinen Zustand setzen, bringen, alqm eodem ponere et parare, gleich daneben stellen u. vergleichen, Plaut.: alqm in crimen populo atque infamiam, jmdm. verleumderische Nachrede beim Volke zuziehen (v. einem Versprechen), Plaut.: alqm p. in gratia ( selten in gratiam) apud alqm, Cic.: alqm in culpa et suspicione, schuldig u. verdächtig machen, Cic.: in laude positum esse, im Besitze des Ruhmes sein, Cic. – c) etw, in etw. od. jmd. setzen, auf etw. bauen, -beruhenlassen, omnem spem salutis in virtute, Caes.: in Pompeio omnem spem otii, Cic.: unum communis salutis auxilium in celeritate, Caes. – sed quoniam tantum in ea arte ponitis (so viel gebt, so großes Gewicht legt), videte, ne etc., Cic.: u. so multum in suorum misericordia p., Curt. – dah. im Passiv, positum esse in alqa re = auf etw. beruhen, begründet sein, sich stützen, ankommen, in spe, Cic.: in alcis liberalitate, Cic. – d) eine Zeit od. eine Tätigkeit usw. auf etw. verwenden, totum diem in consideranda causa, Cic.: Quintilem (mensem) in reditu, Cic. – omnem curam in siderum cognitione, Cic.: totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione, Cic.: se totum in contemplandis rebus, versenken, Cic. – e) etw. od. jmd. unter eine Klasse setzen, rechnen, zählen, alqd in vitiis, Nep.: mortem in malis, Cic.: alqm inter veteres, Hor.: inter quos me ipse dubia in re poni malim, Liv. 29, 25, 2: si medicus me inter eos, quos perambulat, ponit, mich unter seine Patienten rechnet, Sen. de ben. 6, 16, 6. – u. gleichs. in eine Rubrik setzen, etwas für das u. das ansehen, halten, alqd in laude, in magna laude, Cic.: alqd in beneficii loco, Cic.: Africam in tertia parte. Sall.: id C. Norbano in nefario crimine atque in fraude capitali, Cic.: hoc metuere, alterum in metu non p., für bedenklich halten, Poet. b. Cic. ad Att. 12, 51, 3; 14, 21, 3; top. 55: haud in magno discrimine ponere, kein großes Gewicht darauf legen, Liv.: ponere in dubio (in Zweifel stellen), utrum... an, Liv.: id ne pro certo ponerem (für gewiß annehmen), Piso effecit, Liv.: alqm alci in aequo ponere, jmdm. gleichstellen, Liv. – und wie θέσθαι m. dopp. Acc. u. im Passiv m. dopp. Nom. = jmd. od. etwas ansehen, halten für usw., p. alqm principem, Cic. u. Nep.: quae omnia infamia ponuntur, Nep.: nemo ei par ponitur, Nep. – f) etw. schriftl. setzen, hersetzen, hinsetzen, anführen, äußern, bemerken, sagen, ipsa enim (verba), sicut Messalae, posui, Suet.: quapropter tanta in re ipsius Heminae verba ponam, Plin.: de arrogatione me dixeram aliqua positurum, Vopisc.: cuius pauca exempla posui, Cic.: p. inter causas suffragationis suae, Suet.: ut paulo ante posui, Cic.: ponam in extremo quid sentiam, Cic.: hoc ipsum elegantius poni meliusque potuit, Cic.: quod nunc communiter in sepultis ponitur, ut humati dicantur, Cic.: cum in eis haec posuisset, Nep.: quam (epistulam) ipsam melius est ponere, quam de ea plurimum dicere, Vopisc.: ponere vocabulum malā significatione, Donat. – dah. ponor ad scribendum, man setzt mich (meinen Namen) bei Abfassung der Senatsbeschlüsse mit hin, Cic. ep. 9, 15, 4.
II) prägn.: A) schaffend legen, setzen, hinsetzen, aufstellen, aufführen, errichten, anlegen, gründen, 1) eig.: a) v. Bau-, Werkmeister usw.: fundamenta, ICt.: tropaeum, Nep.: opus, Ov.: aras, templa, Verg.: moenia Troiae, Ov.: urbem, Verg.: castella, Tac.: Byzantium in extrema Europa, Tac.: in ipso cubiculo poni tabernaculum iussit, das Badezelt aufschlagen, Sen. – als milit. t. t., p. castra (ein Lager aufschlagen) in proximo colle, Caes., loco iniquo, Caes., sub radicibus montis, ad amnem, Curt. – p. munimenta manu, Curt. – b) v. Künstler (Bildhauer, Maler), setzen, anbringen, darstellen, Orphea in medio silvasque sequentes, Verg.: ponere totum nescire, ein Ganzes hinstellen, darstellen, Hor. – si Venerem Cous nusquam posuisset Apelles, Ov. – hic saxo, liquidis ille coloribus sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum, Hor. – c) v. Dichter, hinstellen, darstellen, nec ponere lucum artifices, Pers. 1, 70; vgl. pone Tigellinum, führe (dem Zuhörer) naturgetreu vor, Iuven. 1, 155.
2) übtr.: a) übh. legen, setzen, quorum omnium virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aqua ponitis, Cic.: his fundamentis positis consulatus tui, Cic.: ponere initia male, Cic.: ponere spem, seine Hoffnung darauf setzen, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plaut. capt. 957. – b) feststellen, aufstellen, bestimmen, leges in conviviis, Cic.: iura p. (griech. νομοθετειν), Prop.: festos laetosque ritus, Tac.; vgl. mores viris et moenia, Verg.: p. pretium, einen Preis bestimmen, auswerfen, Sen.: u. so huic signo milia centum, den Preis von 100000, Hor.: p. praemium, eine Belohnung aufstellen, auswerfen, verheißen, Sall., Liv. u.a. (s. Drak. Liv. 39, 17, 1): Olympiada, eine Ol. ansetzen, festsetzen, Cic. – p. alci od. alci rei nomen ( wie ονομα θειναί τινι), einen Namen gleichs. feststellen, beilegen, Cic. u.a. – p. rationem, Rechnung aufstellen, ablegen, Suet.; vgl. p. rationem cum Orco, Rechnung halten mit usw., Cic. – c) als feststehend aufstellen, annehmen, behaupten (nicht »voraussetzen«, s. Jordan Cic. Caecin. 32. p. 195), duo genera ponunt, deorum alterum, alterum hominum, Cic.: alii elementa novem posuerunt, Quint.: sed positum sit primum nosmet ipsos commendatos esse nobis, Cic. – m. dopp. Acc., als das u. das annehmen, vitae brevis signa raros dentes, Plin.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., si ponatur adulter caecus, aleator pauper, Quint. – d) ein Thema zur Besprechung stellen, aufstellen, bestimmen, quaestiunculam, Cic.: quaestionem, Phaedr. u. Sen.: p. aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo, Cic.: materia, in qua ponitur tibicen, qui etc., Quint. – u. absol. = eine oder die Frage stellen, ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet, Cic.: p. an etc., Sen. – e) jmd. in ein Amt, in eine Würde, Stellung (als Aufseher, Richter, Kläger) setzen, aufstellen, einsetzen, anstellen, alci custodem, Caes.: alci accusatorem, Cael. in Cic. ep.: satis idoneum officii sui iudicem, Cic. – u. m. dopp. Acc., alqm custodem in frumento publico, Cic.: alqm imperatorem Numidis, Sall.: alqm principem in bello, Nep. – m. super u. Akk., super armamentarium positus, Curt. 6, 7 (27), 22: puer super hoc positus officium, Petron. 56, 8.
B) zum Genießen eine Speise, ein Getränk auftragen, vorsetzen (klass. apponere), globos melle unguito, papaver infriato, ponito, Cato: p. pavonem, merulas, Hor.: p. unctum, einen Leckerbissen, Hor.: invitas ad aprum, ponis mihi porcum, Mart.: ceteris vilia et minuta ponebat, Plin. ep.: da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iuven. – vinum, Petron.: merum in gemma, Ov.: quis posuit secretam in auro dapem? Sen.: alci venenum cum cibo, Liv.: alci in patina liquidam sorbitionem, Phaedr.
C) als t. t. des Landbaues: 1) pflanzend usw. setzen, einsetzen, stecken, piros, Verg.: arborem, Hor.: vitem, Colum.: vitem ordine, Ambros. – semina (Pflanzen), Verg.: panicum et milium, Colum. – 2) eine Frucht zur Aufbewahrung hinlegen, einlegen (klass. reponere), p. in horreis, Pallad.: sorba lecta duriora et posita, Pallad. D) als publiz. t. t., etw. irgendwo zur Verwahrung niederlegen, hinterlegen, tabulas testamenti in aerario, Caes. b. c. 3, 108, 4: compositio publicis bibliothecis posita, Scrib. Larg. 97: pecuniam apud tutorem, ICt.: apparatum sive impensam in publico, ICt.
E) als t. t. der Geschäftssprache, ein Kapital auf Zinsen anlegen (vgl. die Auslgg. zu Hor. epod. 2, 70 u. zu Hor. ep. 1, 18, 111), pecuniam in praedio, Cic., apud alqm, Cic.: pecuniam kalendis, Hor.: dives positis in fenore nummis, Hor. – übtr., otia recte, Hor.: beneficium apud alqm, bene apud alqm, Cic.: munus bene apud alqm, Liv.
F) als t. t. der Toilettensprache, das Haar legen, zurechtlegen, ordnen, p. comas in statione, Ov.: positi sine lege et sine arte capilli, Ov.: ponendis in mille modos perfecta capillis, Ov.
G) eine Aufregung in der Natur sich legen machen (Ggstz. tollere), tollere seu ponere vult freta (v. Windgott Notus), Hor.: magnos cum ponunt aequora motus, Prop. – dah. refl., ponere, sich legen, v. Winden, Verg., Ov. u. Gell. (s. Goßrau Verg. Aen. 7, 27): u. so auch positi flatus, Min. Fel.
H) niederlegen, von sich legen, fortlegen, ablegen, weglegen, ab-, wegwerfen (Ggstz. sumere), 1) eig.: a) übh.: velamina de tenero corpore, Ov.: e corpore pennas, Ov.: librum de manibus, Cic. – vestem, tunicam, Cic.: sarcinam, Petron.: barbam, Suet.: insignia morbi, fasciolas, cubital, focalia, Hor.: librum, aus der Hand legen, Cic.: semen, Verg.: coronam luctus gratiā, Cic.: nec sumit aut ponit secures arbitrio popularis aurae, Hor. – als milit. t. t., p. arma, die Waffen niederlegen, ablegen, Cic. u.a., u. (v. sich Unterwerfenden) = die W. strecken, Caes. u.a. (s. Drak. Liv. 6, 10, 5). – b) v. weibl. Wesen, die Leibesfrucht ablegen, v. Frauen, positum est uteri onus, Ov. – v. der Sau, werfen, fetum ad imam cavernam, Phaedr. – v. Vögeln, legen, p. pauca ova, Colum.: p. ova in saepibus, Ov.
2) übtr., ablegen, von sich tun, entfernen, fahren lassen, aufgeben (Ggstz. sumere, suscipere), bellum, Sall. u.a.: vitam, Cic. u.a.: triumviri nomen, Tac. – vitia, Cic.: amores cum praetexta toga, Cic.: inimicitias, Cael. b. Cic.: discordias, Tac.: dolorem, Cic.: curam et aegritudinem, Cic.: curas externorum periculorum, Liv.: omnes aliarum rerum curas, Liv.: metum, Ov. u. Plin. ep.: animos feroces, Liv.: ferocia corda, Verg.: vitae mortisque consilium vel suscipere vel ponere, Plin. ep. – poet., moras, Verg. – als milit. t. t. u. übtr., p. tirocinium, rudimentum, zurücklegen, ablegen, Liv. u.a. – u. als publiz. t. t., eine Würde niederlegen (klass. deponere), posito magistratu (Ggstz. quamdiu in magistratu est), ICt.
3) als naut. t. t., Anker werfen, ancoris positis terrae applicare naves, Liv. 28, 17, 13.
/ Archaist. Perf. poseivei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 551. lin. 3: posivi, Plaut. Pseud. 1281: posivit u. posibit, Act. fr. arv. a. 27, f.: posivt (so!), Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2208 u. 4367: possivit, ibid. 7, 579 u. 656: posivimus, Plaut. vidul. fr. 6 Stud. ( bei Prisc. 10, 37): posiverunt, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 6442. Cato r. r. praef. § 1. Cic. Tusc. 5, 83: posivere, Itin. Alex. 2 (3): posiveris, Plaut. trin. 145. Cato r. r. 4: posieit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 3049 u. 3267: posiit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 2575 u. 7, 574: posit od. posIt, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1282. 1298. 1436 u.a.: possit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 2712: poseit, ibid. 1, 1281 u. 1283: posierunt, ibid. 1, 1284. 3, 860: posiere, ibid. 5, 2714: posier(e), Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 5282. Vgl. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf., S. 539. – Synkop. Partiz. Perf. postus, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 855 u.a. Sil. 13, 553. Ter. Maur. 2905.
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[st1]1 [-] prō (moins bon prōh), interj.: - [abcl][b]a - (avec nom. voc. ou acc.): ô, oh! ah! - [abcl]b - (employé seul) hélas![/b] - pro pudor ! = ô honte! - avec acc. pro deūm atque hominum fidem! = par la bonne foi des dieux et des hommes! (j'en appelle aux dieux et aux hommes). - pro deum hominumque fidem ! Cic. Verr. 4, 7: que les dieux et les hommes m'assistent. - [avec ellipse de fidem]: pro deum immortalium ! Ter. Phorm. 351: que les immortels m'assistent! - avec voc. pro supreme Juppiter! = ô Jupiter souverain! - pro sancte Juppiter, Cic.: oh! vénérable Jupiter. - tantum, pro! degeneramus, Liv.: tant, hélas! nous sommes dégénérés! --- cf. Curt. 4, 16, 10; Ov. H. 3, 98. [st1]2 [-] prō, prép. + abl.: a - devant. - sedens pro aede Castoris, Cic. Phil. 3, 27: siégeant devant le temple de Castor. - pro castris copias producere, Caes. BG. 1, 48: faire avancer les troupes devant le camp. b - du haut de et en avant. - pro templis, Cic. Mil. 2: sur les degrés des temples. - pro tribunali, Cic. Pis. 11: du haut du tribunal. - cf. Caes. BG. 6, 3, 6 ; Sall. J. 67, 1; Liv. 21, 7, 8. d - sur le devant, devant. - pro contione, Sall. J. 8, 2: devant l'assemblée. - pro suggestu: sur le devant du tertre (qui servait de tribunal au général), du haut de son tribunal. - cf. Curt. 10, 5, 10, etc. ; Liv. 7, 7, 3, etc. - pro consilio, Sall. J. 29, 6: devant le conseil. g - pour, en faveur de. - pro aliquo (aliqua re), Cic. Clu. 88; CM 11: pour qqn (qqch). h - pour, à la place de, au lieu de. - pro vallo carros objicere, Caes. BG. 1, 26, 3: opposer des chariots en guise de retranchement. - cf. Caes. BG. 3, 29, 1, etc. - pro magistro est quidam L. Carpinatius, Cic. Verr. 2, 169: il y a tenant la place du maître [comme sous-directeur] un certain L. Carpinatius. - pro consule, Cic. de Or. 1, 82; pro quaestore, Cic. Ac. 2, 11: en qualité de proconsul, de proquesteur. - Cato qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1: Caton qui à lui seul en remplace pour moi cent mille. ii - pour = comme [identité]. - pro occiso relictus, Cic. Sest. 81: laissé pour mort. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 4, 33. - pro perfuga, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 3: comme transfuge, en jouant le rôle de transfuge. - aliquid pro certo ponere, Caes. BG. 7, 5, 6: avancer qqch comme certain. - pro explorato habere: tenir pour assuré. - pro re comperta habere: tenir pour assuré. jj - pour, en retour de. - aliquid pro carmine dare, Cic. de Or. 2, 351: donner qqch pour un poème. - cf. Caes. BG. 6, 16, 3. k - en proportion de. - pro hostium numero, Caes. BG. 1, 51, 1: proportionnellement au nombre des ennemis. --- cf. Caes. BG. 1, 2, 5. - agere pro viribus, Cic. CM 27: faire dans la mesure de ses forces. - pro mea, pro tua parte, Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pour ma, ta part, dans la mesure de mes, de tes moyens. - pro se quisque, Cic. Off. 3, 58: chacun pour sa part. - pro tempore et pro re, Caes. BG. 5, 8, 1: conformément au temps et aux circonstances. - cf. Caes. BG. 7, 56, 4 ; 7, 74, 1. - copiae majores quam pro reliquiis belli, Liv. 29, 32, 3: troupes trop nombreuses par rapport à ce qui restait de guerre. - pro eo ac, Cic. Cat. 4, 3: en proportion de ce que, dans la mesure où. --- Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1. - pro eo ac si, Cic. Inv. 1, 54: dans la même proportion que si, comme si. - pro eo, quantum, Cic. Fin. 4, 58: en proportion de ce qui... - pro eo quanti te facio, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2: en proportion de l'estime que j'ai pour toi. - pro (eo) ut (prout): dans la mesure où, selon que, suivant que. m - en raison de, en vertu de. - pro tua prudentia, Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2: en raison de ta sagesse. --- cf. Cic. Mur. 86. - pro suffragio, Cic. Verr. 2, 127: en vertu du vote, par l'effet du vote. [st1]3 [-] pro-, prod- (autres formes: -por, pol-): préfixes. a - en avant, devant - prod-ire: s'avancer. - pro-jicere: jeter devant soi. b - en faveur de, pour - pro-pugnare: combattre pour protéger, défendre. - prod-esse: être utile. c - à l'avance, avant - pro-videre: voir à l'avance, prévoir, pourvoir. - pro-avus: bisaïeul, ancêtre. d - à la place de - pro-consul: proconsul.* * *[st1]1 [-] prō (moins bon prōh), interj.: - [abcl][b]a - (avec nom. voc. ou acc.): ô, oh! ah! - [abcl]b - (employé seul) hélas![/b] - pro pudor ! = ô honte! - avec acc. pro deūm atque hominum fidem! = par la bonne foi des dieux et des hommes! (j'en appelle aux dieux et aux hommes). - pro deum hominumque fidem ! Cic. Verr. 4, 7: que les dieux et les hommes m'assistent. - [avec ellipse de fidem]: pro deum immortalium ! Ter. Phorm. 351: que les immortels m'assistent! - avec voc. pro supreme Juppiter! = ô Jupiter souverain! - pro sancte Juppiter, Cic.: oh! vénérable Jupiter. - tantum, pro! degeneramus, Liv.: tant, hélas! nous sommes dégénérés! --- cf. Curt. 4, 16, 10; Ov. H. 3, 98. [st1]2 [-] prō, prép. + abl.: a - devant. - sedens pro aede Castoris, Cic. Phil. 3, 27: siégeant devant le temple de Castor. - pro castris copias producere, Caes. BG. 1, 48: faire avancer les troupes devant le camp. b - du haut de et en avant. - pro templis, Cic. Mil. 2: sur les degrés des temples. - pro tribunali, Cic. Pis. 11: du haut du tribunal. - cf. Caes. BG. 6, 3, 6 ; Sall. J. 67, 1; Liv. 21, 7, 8. d - sur le devant, devant. - pro contione, Sall. J. 8, 2: devant l'assemblée. - pro suggestu: sur le devant du tertre (qui servait de tribunal au général), du haut de son tribunal. - cf. Curt. 10, 5, 10, etc. ; Liv. 7, 7, 3, etc. - pro consilio, Sall. J. 29, 6: devant le conseil. g - pour, en faveur de. - pro aliquo (aliqua re), Cic. Clu. 88; CM 11: pour qqn (qqch). h - pour, à la place de, au lieu de. - pro vallo carros objicere, Caes. BG. 1, 26, 3: opposer des chariots en guise de retranchement. - cf. Caes. BG. 3, 29, 1, etc. - pro magistro est quidam L. Carpinatius, Cic. Verr. 2, 169: il y a tenant la place du maître [comme sous-directeur] un certain L. Carpinatius. - pro consule, Cic. de Or. 1, 82; pro quaestore, Cic. Ac. 2, 11: en qualité de proconsul, de proquesteur. - Cato qui mihi unus est pro centum milibus, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 1: Caton qui à lui seul en remplace pour moi cent mille. ii - pour = comme [identité]. - pro occiso relictus, Cic. Sest. 81: laissé pour mort. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 4, 33. - pro perfuga, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 3: comme transfuge, en jouant le rôle de transfuge. - aliquid pro certo ponere, Caes. BG. 7, 5, 6: avancer qqch comme certain. - pro explorato habere: tenir pour assuré. - pro re comperta habere: tenir pour assuré. jj - pour, en retour de. - aliquid pro carmine dare, Cic. de Or. 2, 351: donner qqch pour un poème. - cf. Caes. BG. 6, 16, 3. k - en proportion de. - pro hostium numero, Caes. BG. 1, 51, 1: proportionnellement au nombre des ennemis. --- cf. Caes. BG. 1, 2, 5. - agere pro viribus, Cic. CM 27: faire dans la mesure de ses forces. - pro mea, pro tua parte, Cic. Fam. 15, 15, 3: pour ma, ta part, dans la mesure de mes, de tes moyens. - pro se quisque, Cic. Off. 3, 58: chacun pour sa part. - pro tempore et pro re, Caes. BG. 5, 8, 1: conformément au temps et aux circonstances. - cf. Caes. BG. 7, 56, 4 ; 7, 74, 1. - copiae majores quam pro reliquiis belli, Liv. 29, 32, 3: troupes trop nombreuses par rapport à ce qui restait de guerre. - pro eo ac, Cic. Cat. 4, 3: en proportion de ce que, dans la mesure où. --- Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1. - pro eo ac si, Cic. Inv. 1, 54: dans la même proportion que si, comme si. - pro eo, quantum, Cic. Fin. 4, 58: en proportion de ce qui... - pro eo quanti te facio, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2: en proportion de l'estime que j'ai pour toi. - pro (eo) ut (prout): dans la mesure où, selon que, suivant que. m - en raison de, en vertu de. - pro tua prudentia, Cic. Fam. 4, 10, 2: en raison de ta sagesse. --- cf. Cic. Mur. 86. - pro suffragio, Cic. Verr. 2, 127: en vertu du vote, par l'effet du vote. [st1]3 [-] pro-, prod- (autres formes: -por, pol-): préfixes. a - en avant, devant - prod-ire: s'avancer. - pro-jicere: jeter devant soi. b - en faveur de, pour - pro-pugnare: combattre pour protéger, défendre. - prod-esse: être utile. c - à l'avance, avant - pro-videre: voir à l'avance, prévoir, pourvoir. - pro-avus: bisaïeul, ancêtre. d - à la place de - pro-consul: proconsul.* * *Pro, Interiectio indignantis, Nominatiuo aliquando, seu vacatiuo potius, aliquando accusatiuo iungitur. Terent. Un escri qu'on fait, quand on se courrouce et marrist.\Pro deum atque hominum fidem, quid est, si non hoc contumelia est? Terent. Mon Dieu, etc. B.\Pro, Praepositio, ablatiuo casui seruiens, significat quod Gallice dicimus Pour. Minas viginti pro ambobus dedi. Terent.\Partim nihil contra Habitum valere, partim pro hoc esse. Cic. Estre pour luy, et luy servir à sa cause, Faire pour Habitus.\Offero pro mea parte tantundem. Plin. iun. Pour ma part.\Pro mea parte adiuui. Cic. De ma part, Tant que j'ay peu.\In his artibus pro mea parte versor. Cic. De tout mon povoir, De ma part.\Qui saluum volunt, pro sua parte atque authoritate defendunt. Cic. Chascun en tant qu'il luy touche, Chascun pour son regard, Chascun endroict soy, ou en son endroict.\Pro sua parte loqui. Plaut. Parler pour soy et se defendre.\Haec tibi pro amore mutuo scripsi. Plin. iunior. Pour l'amour, ou A cause de l'amour qui est entre nous deux.\Pro illo te ducam. Terent. En lieu de luy, En sa place.\Eduxit eam mater pro sua. Terent. Comme sienne.\Pro ancilla habere. Plaut. S'en servir pour chambriere, ou en lieu de chambriere.\Pro deliciis crudelitas illi fuit. Cicero. Il prenoit plaisir à exercer cruaulté.\Omnia gerere pro haerede. Cic. Comme heritier.\Pro hoste habere. Liu. Estimer ennemi, Tenir pour ennemi.\Pro parente colere. Liu. Avoir en aussi grande reverence que si c'estoit son pere.\Sui, ne putrescat, anima pro sale data est. Cic. En lieu de sel.\Pro socio damnatus est. Cic. Au lieu de son compaignon.\Pro stercore aliquid habere. Plaut. N'estimer aucune chose non plus que fien.\Verbum pro verbo reddere. Cic. Mot pour mot.\Pro virgine nuptum dari non potest. Terent. Comme, ou Pour vierge.\Amaui pro meo. Terent. Comme mien, Autant que s'il eust esté mon enfant.\Pro certo est. Quintil. Il est certain.\Pro certo ponere. Caes. Escrire une chose comme certaine.\Pro certo affirmare. Liu. Comme chose seure, Pour certain.\Pro certo dicere. Terentius, Pro certone tu istaec dicis? Pour certain.\Pro certo habere. Cic. Scavoir une chose certainement.\Qui pro comperto afferret, Achaeos statuisse postero die, etc. Liu. Qui dist pour tout certain que les, etc.\Pro damnato esse. Cic. Estre tenu pour tout condamné.\Id mihi erit pro explorato. Cic. Je tiendray cela pour tout certain.\Pro facto habere. Cic. Tenir pour faict.\Pro firmato stare. Liu. Estre ferme et stable.\Pro indiuiso. Cato. Par indivis, Sans division.\Quod iudicatum non sit, pro infecto haberi oportet. Cicero. Pour chose non faicte.\Nobis pro meliore fuit, effugere hostes tenui damno. Tacit. Ce fut nostre meilleur.\Pro nihilo ducere. Cicero. N'estimer rien, N'estimer non plus que rien.\Aristoni omnia visa sunt pro nihilo. Cic. Aristo n'a rien estimé tout cela, Ne luy a semblé estre rien.\Pro ridiculo ac delectamento putare aliquem. Terentius. Faire son fol d'aucun, et s'en gaudir, En faire son passetemps et son jouet.\Pro rupto foedus habere. Liu. Tenir l'alliance pour rompue.\Pro victis abiere. Liu. Comme vaincuz.\Nemo satis pro merito gratiam regi refert. Terent. Selon qu'il a merité.\Efficimus pro opibus nostra moenia. Plaut. Selon noz richesses.\Illos duos olim pro re tollebas tua. Terent. Selon les biens que tu has.\Pro mea consuetudine breuiter, simpliciterque dixi. Cic. Selon ma coustume, Suyvant ma coustume, ainsi que j'ay de coustume.\Pro nostra facultate. Quintil. Selon nostre puissance et faculté.\Pro modo crassitudinis. Columel. Selon qu'elle est espesse, Selon l'espesseur.\Nemo fuit qui non me pro suis opibus defenderit. Cic. Selon son povoir.\Pro parte. Vlpian. En partie.\Plus quam pro virili parte obligatum puto. Cic. Plus que pour le regard de ma seule personne.\Pro virili parte anniti. Liu. Selon son povoir.\Pro rata parte. Cicero. Selon la part et portion, A l'equipollent, Au fur.\Pro portione. Varro. Eu esgard à la grandeur, ou autrement.\Pro rata. Vlpianus. Au sold la livre. B.\Pro spe nihil contigit. Liu. Selon mon esperance, ou Ainsi que j'esperoye.\Consilium pro tempore et pro re capere. Caes. Selon le temps et l'affaire, Pour la qualité et disposition du temps, etc.\Pro horum temporum perturbatione. Cic. Veu le trouble de ce temps.\Pro heri nostri quaestu satis bene ornatae sumus. Plaut. Eu esgard au gaing, etc. Veu et consideré le gaing, etc.\Duo talenta pro re nostra ego esse decreui satis. Terent. Veu noz richesses.\Sunt impii ciues, pro charitate Reip. nimium multi. Cic. Si tu consideres l'amour et charité qu'on doibt à la Republique.\Pro mea authoritate videor posse. Cicero. Eu esgard à l'authorité de mon office.\Pro re nata. Cic. Selon les affaires survenants.\Pro suo iure esse in aliquo loco. Cic. Y estre comme chez soy, Y avoir puissance.\Pro meo iure dico. Cic. Je le vous di priveement et franchement.\Quod antehac pro iure imperitabam meo, te oro nunc per precem. Plaut. De mon authorité, En vertu de mon authorité.\Pro tuo iure oras. Plaut. Tu demandes ce qu'il t'appartient, Ce que tu demandes est chose raisonnable.\Pro suo iure agere omnia. Terent. Selon la puissance et authorité qu'on ha.\Pro caetera diligentia. Plin. iunior. Suyvant la diligence de laquelle tu as accoustumé d'user.\Satis pro imperio. Terent. C'est assez faict en maistre.\Nihil pro imperio agere. Liu. Ne parler point par commandement. B.\Pro muro dies noctesque agitare. Sallustius. Au mur, A la muraille.\Excubare pro templis. Plin. iunior. és temples.\Laudati pro concione omnes sunt. Liu. En l'assemblee et congregation.\Hasta posita pro aede Iouis statoris. Sallust. Devant le temple de Jupiter.\Pro se quisque. Terent. Chascun de son costé, Selon son povoir, Chascun en son endroict, Chascun endroict soy.\Pro testimonio dicere. Cic. Deposer et porter tesmoignage par devant un juge, ou examinateur.\Maior quam pro numero hominum editur pugna. Liu. Le combat est plus rude qu'on n'eust cuidé à veoir le nombre de gents.\Pro agricola. Columel. Au prouffit du laboureur.\Pro me est. Quintil. Cela fait pour moy, et me sert pour mon opinion.\Pro eo ac debui, grauiter, molesteque tuli. Seruius Sulpitius ad Ciceronem. Comme je debvoye.\Pro eo est, atque si adhibitus non esset. Vlpian. C'est tout un comme si, etc.\Pro eo habendum, atque si nullo iure factum esset. Vlp. Il fault estimer tout un comme si, etc.\Pro aliquo stare. Terent. Tenir le parti d'aucun, et le defendre. -
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[st1]1 [-] stătŏr, ōris, m.: esclave public (qui faisait office de planton), planton. [st1]2 [-] Stătŏr, ōris, m.: Stator (Jupiter qui arrête les fuyards).* * *[st1]1 [-] stătŏr, ōris, m.: esclave public (qui faisait office de planton), planton. [st1]2 [-] Stătŏr, ōris, m.: Stator (Jupiter qui arrête les fuyards).* * *Stator, statoris, m. g. Cic. Messager d'un Magistrat servant à faire ses messages, et porter lettres, et d'appeler et faire venir par devers le Magistrat ceulx qui luy estoyent commandez. -
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1. concīdo, cīdī, cīsum, ere (con u. caedo), zusammenhauen, I) zu Boden schlagen, -hauen, niederhauen, niedermachen: a) eig.: Sevius allisus est, ceteri conciduntur (im Bilde = unterliegen, werden verurteilt), Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 4, 6. – bes. mit dem Schwerte, nonnulli ab insciis pro noxiis conciduntur, Nep. – als t.t. der Fechtersprache, apparitores cum L. Volteio caede, concide, Cic. Verr. 3, 155 (im obszönen Doppelsinn; vgl. unten no. II, a, δ). – als milit. t.t., magnam partem eorum concidit, Caes.: c. adversariorum multa milia, Nep.: concisos equites nostros a barbaris nuntiabant, Cic.: itaque tribus horis concisus exercitus atque ipse interfectus est, Cic. – b) übtr., durch Gründe, Urteilsspruch od. Handlungsweise zu Boden schlagen, alles Haltes berauben, über den Hausen werfen, vernichten, gew. m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., Timocratem totis voluminibus, widerlegen, Cic.: Antonium decretis suis, Cic.: Vatinium arbitratu suo, Cic.: omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis, Cic. (vgl. concidit auctoritas unter 2. concido no. II, A, a). – als jurist. t.t., c. testamentum, Ulp. dig. 28, 4, 1. – II) zerhauen, zerschneiden, a) eig.: α) mit einem Schlag-, Stoßwerkzeuge jmd. zerhauen = wund hauen, zerbleuen, zerfetzen, gew. m. Ang. womit? durch Abl., alqm virgis, Cic.: alqm loris, Iuven.: alqm pugnis, Iuven.: alqm pugnis et cal-————cibus, Cic. – u. im Pass. m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., concisus plurimis vulneribus, Cic. – β) mit einem Schlag- od. Schneidewerkzeuge in kleine Stücke zerhauen, zerschneiden, zerhacken, kurz und klein hacken, zerstückeln, ligna, Ov.: naves, Liv.: essedum argenteum, Suet.: nervos, Cic.: infans concisus eximi debet (Ggstz. solidus exit), Cels. – m. Ang. womit? durch Abl., suffusionem (Staar) acu c. et in plures partes dissipare, Cels.: leviter summam cutem scalpello, Cels. – m. Ang. mit wem? durch cum u. Abl., filius cum alia carne concisus, Hyg. astr. 2, 4. – m. Ang. wie? durch Advv., alqd minute, Col., minutim, Cato, minutatim, Col.: u. alqm articulatim, scherzh. = jmd. tüchtig hinters Licht führen, Plaut. Epid. 488. – od. durch in m. Akk. (der Teile, in welche?), alqd in frusta, in particulas, in minimas partes, Scrib.: corpus in partes, Petr.: uxorem in duodecim partes ac frusta, Vulg. – m. Ang. bis wohin? durch us que ad m. Akk., quicquid aridum est usque ad corpus c., ausschneiden, Cels. – γ) mit Gruben, Gräben usw. zerschneiden, durchschneiden, m. Ang. womit? wodurch? durch Abl., magnos scrobibus montes, Verg.: umidiorem agrum fossis, Plin.: Aegyptus tot fossis concisa, Iustin.: pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis, Caes. – δ) beschlafen, Pompon. com. 83; vgl. Lampr. Heliogr. 10, 5. – ε) unterbrechen, spiritum, Plin. 10, 81. – b) übtr.: α) als rhet. t.t. = die————Rede, Redesätze, Gedanken usw. zerteilen, eam (orationem) distinguent atque concident, Quint. – im üblen Sinne = zerstückeln, nec... concidat delumbetque sententias, Cic. or. 231: spiritus nec crebro receptus concidat sententiam, Quint. – β) als philos. t.t. = logisch zerlegen, haec universa concidunt etiam minutius, Cic.: quae si persequamur, nullus erit ea concidendi modus, Quint. – m. Ang. wodurch? durch per m. Akk., per tam minutas rerum particulas rationem docendi, Quint.————————2. concido, cidī, ere (con u. cado), zusammenfallen, -sinken, -stürzen, einfallen, einsinken, einstürzen, zu Boden fallen, -stürzen, I) eig.: A) v. sächl. Subjj.: a) übh.: concidat caelum omne necesse est, Cic.: concidit conclave, Cic.: repentinā ruinā pars eius turris concidit, Caes.: urbs acerbissimo concidit incendio conflagrata, Cornif. rhet. – b) v. der Flamme, in sich zusammensinken, iam illa flamma, quae magna congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet, Quint. 5, 13, 13; vgl. im Bilde, nonne, ut ignis in aquam coniectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et exstinguitur? zerfällt gänzlich in nichts, Cic. Rosc. com. 17. – c) vom Winde, sich legen (Ggstz. surgere, consurgere), concidunt venti fugiuntque nubes, Hor. carm. 1, 12, 30. – d) (als mediz. t.t.) v. Körperteilen, zusammenfallen, einfallen, einsinken (Ggstz. attolli, excitari), palpebra concidit, Cels.: quidquid e cartilagine concidit excitandum leniter est, Cels. – v. Puls, sinken, si protinus venae conciderunt, Cels. – B) v. leb. Wesen: a) übh.: equus eius ante signum Iovis Statoris sine causa concidit, Cic.: dum cupidius instat, in locum delatus inferiorem concidit, Caes.: Macedonem tam graviter palmā percussit, ut paene concideret, Plin. ep. – v. Ermatteten, c. in cursu, Plaut.: sub————onere, Liv. – v. Kraftlosen, Ohnmächtigen, Epileptischen usw., oft bei Cels. – v. Entseelten, Themistoclem aiunt eo (tauri sanguine) poto concidisse, Cic. – v. Kämpfenden, ita pugnans concidit, Caes.: in proelio concidit, Cic.: cum pars quaedam gladiatorum mutuis vulneribus concidisset, Suet. – v. erlegten Wilde, per herbas, Ov. her. 4, 93 sq. – v. Opfertieren, vitulus propter mactatus concidit aras, Lucr.: ante aras ingens ubi victima taurus concidit, Ov. – v. Menschen als Opfer, Lucr. u. Val. Max. – b) (wie συμπίπτειν) vor Magerkeit einfallen = zusammenschrumpfen, concidimus macie, Ps. Ov. her. 21, 215. – II) übtr.: A) v. lebl. Subjj.: a) übh. v. Zuständen aller Art, zusammenstürzen, sinken = allen Halt-, allen Wert-, alle Geltung-, alles Ansehen verlieren, zugrunde gehen, schwinden, ein Ende nehmen, concidit vita, es stürzen die Pfeiler des Lebens zusammen, Lucr.: rem publicam concidere unius discessu, quam omnium interitu occidere malui, Cic.: cum religio, cum pudicitia, cum iudiciorum fides, cum senatus auctoritas concidisset, fore, ut etc., Cic.: scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem (Kredit) concidisse, Cic.: neque enim tam facile opes Carthaginis tantae concidissent, nisi etc., Cic.: quo prodigio totum id concidit regnum, Plin.: morte Othonis concidisse bellum, habe mit dem Tode Othos von selbst sein Ende erreicht, Tac. – b) v. geistigen, gemütlichen————Zuständen, sinken, sich legen, schwinden, si cui simul animus (Mut) cum re concidit, Trag. inc. fr.: tum ferocia omnis concidit, Liv.: mens (Besinnung) debilitata metu concidit, Cic. – B) v. leb. Wesen: a) gewaltsam, bes. im polit. Leben, fallen, sinken, stürzen, gestürzt werden, unterliegen, erliegen, nullo modo posse video stare illum diutius, quin ipse per se etiam languentibus nobis concidat, Cic.: non tribunicio, sed consulari ictu concidisse, Cic.: malas causas semper obtinuit, in optima concidit (Pompeius), Cic.: Ggstz., atque illas assumere robora gentes, concidere has, Ov. met. 15, 421 sq. – bes. vor Gericht, concidit autem maxime uno crimine, quod etc., Nep.: iudicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt, Cic.: a.P. Aquilio accusatus populi iudicio concidit, Val. Max. – b) moralisch durch Verlust der Besonnenheit, des Mutes, der Hoffnung, der Besinnung allen Halt verlieren, ne unā plagā acceptā patres conscripti conciderent, ne deficerent, Cic.: hostes concidunt animis, Hirt. b.G. – allato nuntio de legione quarta mente concidit, verlor er die Besinnung, Cic. -
7 hasta
1. hasta, ae, f. ( gotisch gazds, Stachel, ahd. gart, Gerte), die Stange, der Stab, Schaft, I) im allg.: hastae gramineae, s. gramineus: hastae de vitibus, Thyrsusstäbe, Calp. – II) insbes., der Spieß, A) eig.: 1) zum Werfen, der Wurfspieß, der Speer, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: hastae cuspis, Iustin.: aeratae od. acutae od. praeacutae cuspidis hasta, Ov.: hasta amentata, Cic.: ferrata, Liv.: praelonga, Tac.: pura, s. purus: velitaris, Liv.: militaris, Suet.: hastā proiectā, Nep.: infestā hastā, Verg.: hastam lacĕre, Verg.: hastam eminus conicere, Verg.: inter bellatoris equi cava tempora conicere hastam, Verg.: eminus hastis aut comminus gladio uti, Cic.: hastam dextrā vibrare, Curt.: hastas vibrare ante pugnam, Cic.: hastam speciosissime contorquere, Quint.: hastam in latus contorquere, Verg.: amentatas hastas torquere oratoris lacertis viribusque (im Bilde), Cic.: praelongas hastas protendere, Tac.: hastam evellere, Cic., e corpore iacentis evellere, Curt.: extrahere e vulnere hastam, Curt.: alqm hastae cuspide in fronte vulnerare, Iustin.: caput alcis praefixum hastae circumferre, Suet.: hastae insistere, auf einem (liegenden) Speer stehen, Aur. Vict. – sprichw., hastas abicere, wie unser sprichw. »die Flinte ins Korn werfen« = den Mut verlieren, Cic. Mur. 45. – 2) zu anderem Gebrauche: a) bei öffentl. Versteigerungen u. Verpachtungen aufgesteckt, zur————Bezeichnung des Orts u. der öffentlichen, obrigkeitlichen Gewalt, h. venditionis, Cic.: hasta infinita, endlose Versteigerung, Cic.: hastam pro aede Iovis Statoris ponere (ausstecken), Cic.: sub hasta vendere, Liv., od. hastae subicere, Suet., subhastieren, d.i. öffentlich versteigern: ad hastam publicam accedere, öffentliche Versteigerung von Staatsgefällen, Nep.: ebenso ad hastam suam (= censorum) accedere, Liv.: emere ab hasta, s. emo: emptio ab hasta, Cic.: ius hastae, Versteigerungsrecht, Tac. – b) beim Gericht der centumviri aufgesteckt, Mart. 7, 62, 7: dah. hastam centumviralem cogere, ein Zentumviralgericht einberufen, Suet. Aug. 36. – c) zur Schmückung der Haare der Bräute, indem man damit die Haare voneinander teilte, Ov. fast. 2, 560. – d) statt des Zepters, da die Könige ebenfalls Spieße statt der Zepter trugen, Iustin. 43, 3. § 3. – B) übtr. = das männliche Glied, Priap. 45, 1. – ⇒ Schreibung asta (wegen der Ableitung von asto), Varro LL. 5, 115. – Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 135 ist. hastis puris duodus (st. duabus) Versehen des Steinmetzen. -
8 pono
pōno, posuī, positum, ere (zsgzg. aus po [= ἀπό] u. sino, dah. auch die Kürze des o im Perf. u. Sup.), niederlassen= legen, setzen, stellen, hinlegen, hinsetzen, hinstellen, aufstellen (griech. τίθημι), konstr. m. Advv. des Ortes, mit in u. Abl. (unklass. mit in u. Akk.), mit ad, ante, sub, super u.a. Praepp., poet. u. nachaug. m. bl. Abl., und absol. (d.h. ohne Angabe des Ortes), I) im allg.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: α) lebl. Objj.: hic verbenas ponite, Hor. – litteras in sinu, in den B. stecken, Liv. fr.: anulum in sede regia, Curt.: speculum in cathedra, Phaedr.: sacra in mensa penatium ordine, Naev. fr.: coronam in caput, Gell.: oleas in solem biduum, Cato: stipitem in flammas, Ov.: in naves putidas commeatum, Cato fr.: cortinam plumbeam in lacum, Cato. – gladium ad caput (zu Häupten), Sen. – caput (Ciceronis) inter duas manus in rostris, Liv. fr.: caput alcis ante regis pedes, corpus ante ipsum, Curt. – ubicumque posuit vestigium, Cic.: vestigia in locuplete domo, Hor.; u. im Bilde, quācumque ingredimur, vestigium in aliqua historia ponimus, Cic. – pedem ubi ponat in suo (regno) non habet, Cic.; u. im Bilde, quod autem sapientia pedem ubi poneret non haberet, Cic. – p. genu, die Knie niederlassen, auf die K. fallen, niederknien, Ov., Sen. rhet., Curt. u.a. (s. Mützell Curt. 4, 6 [28], 28). – p. oscula in labellis, Prop., oscula genis, Stat. – p. sca-————las, ansetzen, anlegen, Caes. – ne positis quidem, sed abiectis poculis, Curt. – hastā positā pro aede Iovis Statoris, aufgesteckt (bei einer Versteigerung), Cic. – β) persönl. Objj.: posito (sanft niedergesetzt) magis rege, quam effuso (abgeworfen), Curt. – in senatu sunt positi, Cic. fr.: positi vernae circa Lares, Hor. – p. sese in curulibus sellis, Flor. – b) ein Gerät setzen, hinstellen, aufstellen, mensam, Hor.: sellam iuxta, Sall.: in tabernaculo sellam auream, Nep.: mensas totis castris, Curt.: alci mensas exstructas dapibus, Ov.: mensam prandendi gratiā, Val. Max. – p. casses, Ov. – c) hinlagern, hinstrecken, artus in litore, Verg.: corpus in ripa, Ov.: se toro, Ov.: positus inter cervicalia minutissima, Petron.: Giton super pectus meum positus, Petron.: somno positae, im Schl. hingelagert, Verg.: sic positum (vitulum) in clauso linquunt, Verg. – und auf das Totenbett hinlegen, hinbetten, toro componar positaeque det oscula frater, Ov. met. 9, 504. – u. einen Leichnam, Gebeine beisetzen, corpus, Lucr. u. ICt.: alqm, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 434 u. 452: alqm patriā terrā, Verg.: ossa collecta in marmorea domo, Tibull.: ossa collata in urnam auream in foro quod aedificavit sub columna posita sunt, Eutr.; vgl. Goßrau Verg. Aen. 2, 644. – d) jmdm. zu Ehren eine Bildsäule usw. aufstellen, alci statuam, Nep.: columnam Duillio in foro, Quint.: imaginem tyrannicidae in gymnasio, Quint. – bes.————(wie τιθέναι) einer Gottheit als Weihgeschenk aufstellen, niederlegen, weihen, donum ex auro in aede Iovis, Liv.: coronam auream in Capitolio donum, Liv.: ex praeda tripodem aureum Delphis, Nep.: serta, Ov.: sectos fratri capillos (als Totenopfer), Ov.: poet., vota, weihen, Prop. Vgl. die Auslgg. zu Hor. carm. 3, 26, 6. Prop. 2, 11, 27. – e) etw. beim Spiele, beim Wetten als Preis setzen, einsetzen, provocat me in aleam, ut ego ludam: pono pallium, ille suum anulum opposuit, Plaut.: p. pocula fagina, Verg. – u. etwas zum Pfande setzen, meam esse vitam hic pro te positam pigneri, verpfändet, Plaut. capt. 433. – übtr. = aussetzen, caput periculo, Plaut. capt. 688. – f) als t. t. der Rechenkunst: p. calculum, τών ψηφον τιθέναι, die Rechensteinchen aufs Brett setzen, einen Ansatz machen, eine Berechnung anstellen, ut diligens ratiocinator calculo posito videt, Colum.: ponatur calculus, adsint cum tabula pueri, Iuven. – dah. im Bilde, cum imperio c. p., sich berechnen, Rechnung ablegen, Plin. pan.: cum alqa re parem calculum ponere, etwas gleichmachen, Plin. ep.: bene calculum ponere, die Sache wohl in Betrachtung ziehen, reiflich überlegen, Petron.: ebenso omnes, quos ego movi, in utraque parte calculos pone etc., Plin. ep. – g) als milit. t. t., eine Mannschaft, einen Befehlshaber mit einer Mannschaft irgendwohin legen, irgendwo aufstellen, praesidium ibi, Caes.: duas legi-————ones in Turonis ad fines Carnutum, Caes.: legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā, Caes.: insidias contra alqm, Cic.: centuriones in statione ad praetoriam portam, Caes.: custodias circa portas, Liv. – h) jmd. an einem entfernten Orte niedersetzen, wohin versetzen, pone me ubi etc., pone sub curru solis in terra etc., Hor.: p. in aethere, Ov.: alqm in caelo, Iustin., in astris, Hyg.: modo me Thebis modo ponit Athenis, Hor. – i) eine Bekanntmachung öffentlich aufstellen, anschlagen, erlassen, edictum, Tac. ann. 1, 7: positis propalam libellis, durch öffentliche Anschläge, ibid. 4, 27. – k) schriftlich hinsetzen, α) übh.: signa novis praeceptis, sich die n. L. anmerken, niederschreiben (ὑποσημειοῦσθαι), Hor. sat. 2, 4, 2. – β) anführen, verba eius haec posuit, Gell. 6 (7), 9, 12: et ipsos quidem versus in libro, quo dixi positos, legat, Gell. 6 (7), 16, 3: ex quibus unum (testimonium), quod prae manibus est, ponemus, Gell. 5, 13, 3. – l) im Partic. Perf. Pass. positus, a, um, α) hingelegt, hingefallen, p. nix, Hor.: positae pruinae, Prop.: p. ros, p. carbunculus, Plin. – β) v. Örtlichkeiten = situs, wo gelegen, liegend, befindlich, Roma in montibus posita, Cic.: Delos in Aegaeo mari p., Cic.: portus ex adverso urbi p., Liv.: tumulus opportune ad id p., Liv.2) übtr.: a) übh. legen, setzen, stellen, pone ante oculos laetitiam senatus, Cic.: alqd p. paene in cons-————pectu, Cic.: alqd sub uno aspectu, Cic. – in ullo fortunae gradu positus, v. Pers., Curt.: haud multum infra magnitudinis tuae fastigium positus (Parmenio), Curt.: artes infra se positae, Hor. – caput suum p. periculo, in G. geben, Plaut. – ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, ihren ruhigen Gang bis zu Ende nehmen lassen, Cic. – b) jmd. od. etw. in irgendeinen Zustand setzen, bringen, alqm eodem ponere et parare, gleich daneben stellen u. vergleichen, Plaut.: alqm in crimen populo atque infamiam, jmdm. verleumderische Nachrede beim Volke zuziehen (v. einem Versprechen), Plaut.: alqm p. in gratia ( selten in gratiam) apud alqm, Cic.: alqm in culpa et suspicione, schuldig u. verdächtig machen, Cic.: in laude positum esse, im Besitze des Ruhmes sein, Cic. – c) etw, in etw. od. jmd. setzen, auf etw. bauen, -beruhenlassen, omnem spem salutis in virtute, Caes.: in Pompeio omnem spem otii, Cic.: unum communis salutis auxilium in celeritate, Caes. – sed quoniam tantum in ea arte ponitis (so viel gebt, so großes Gewicht legt), videte, ne etc., Cic.: u. so multum in suorum misericordia p., Curt. – dah. im Passiv, positum esse in alqa re = auf etw. beruhen, begründet sein, sich stützen, ankommen, in spe, Cic.: in alcis liberalitate, Cic. – d) eine Zeit od. eine Tätigkeit usw. auf etw. verwenden, totum diem in consideranda causa, Cic.: Quintilem (mensem) in reditu, Cic. – omnem————curam in siderum cognitione, Cic.: totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione, Cic.: se totum in contemplandis rebus, versenken, Cic. – e) etw. od. jmd. unter eine Klasse setzen, rechnen, zählen, alqd in vitiis, Nep.: mortem in malis, Cic.: alqm inter veteres, Hor.: inter quos me ipse dubia in re poni malim, Liv. 29, 25, 2: si medicus me inter eos, quos perambulat, ponit, mich unter seine Patienten rechnet, Sen. de ben. 6, 16, 6. – u. gleichs. in eine Rubrik setzen, etwas für das u. das ansehen, halten, alqd in laude, in magna laude, Cic.: alqd in beneficii loco, Cic.: Africam in tertia parte. Sall.: id C. Norbano in nefario crimine atque in fraude capitali, Cic.: hoc metuere, alterum in metu non p., für bedenklich halten, Poet. b. Cic. ad Att. 12, 51, 3; 14, 21, 3; top. 55: haud in magno discrimine ponere, kein großes Gewicht darauf legen, Liv.: ponere in dubio (in Zweifel stellen), utrum... an, Liv.: id ne pro certo ponerem (für gewiß annehmen), Piso effecit, Liv.: alqm alci in aequo ponere, jmdm. gleichstellen, Liv. – und wie θέσθαι m. dopp. Acc. u. im Passiv m. dopp. Nom. = jmd. od. etwas ansehen, halten für usw., p. alqm principem, Cic. u. Nep.: quae omnia infamia ponuntur, Nep.: nemo ei par ponitur, Nep. – f) etw. schriftl. setzen, hersetzen, hinsetzen, anführen, äußern, bemerken, sagen, ipsa enim (verba), sicut Messalae, posui, Suet.: quapropter tanta in re ipsius————Heminae verba ponam, Plin.: de arrogatione me dixeram aliqua positurum, Vopisc.: cuius pauca exempla posui, Cic.: p. inter causas suffragationis suae, Suet.: ut paulo ante posui, Cic.: ponam in extremo quid sentiam, Cic.: hoc ipsum elegantius poni meliusque potuit, Cic.: quod nunc communiter in sepultis ponitur, ut humati dicantur, Cic.: cum in eis haec posuisset, Nep.: quam (epistulam) ipsam melius est ponere, quam de ea plurimum dicere, Vopisc.: ponere vocabulum malā significatione, Donat. – dah. ponor ad scribendum, man setzt mich (meinen Namen) bei Abfassung der Senatsbeschlüsse mit hin, Cic. ep. 9, 15, 4.II) prägn.: A) schaffend legen, setzen, hinsetzen, aufstellen, aufführen, errichten, anlegen, gründen, 1) eig.: a) v. Bau-, Werkmeister usw.: fundamenta, ICt.: tropaeum, Nep.: opus, Ov.: aras, templa, Verg.: moenia Troiae, Ov.: urbem, Verg.: castella, Tac.: Byzantium in extrema Europa, Tac.: in ipso cubiculo poni tabernaculum iussit, das Badezelt aufschlagen, Sen. – als milit. t. t., p. castra (ein Lager aufschlagen) in proximo colle, Caes., loco iniquo, Caes., sub radicibus montis, ad amnem, Curt. – p. munimenta manu, Curt. – b) v. Künstler (Bildhauer, Maler), setzen, anbringen, darstellen, Orphea in medio silvasque sequentes, Verg.: ponere totum nescire, ein Ganzes hinstellen, darstellen, Hor. – si Venerem Cous nusquam posuisset Apelles, Ov. – hic saxo, liquidis————ille coloribus sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum, Hor. – c) v. Dichter, hinstellen, darstellen, nec ponere lucum artifices, Pers. 1, 70; vgl. pone Tigellinum, führe (dem Zuhörer) naturgetreu vor, Iuven. 1, 155.2) übtr.: a) übh. legen, setzen, quorum omnium virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aqua ponitis, Cic.: his fundamentis positis consulatus tui, Cic.: ponere initia male, Cic.: ponere spem, seine Hoffnung darauf setzen, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plaut. capt. 957. – b) feststellen, aufstellen, bestimmen, leges in conviviis, Cic.: iura p. (griech. νομοθετειν), Prop.: festos laetosque ritus, Tac.; vgl. mores viris et moenia, Verg.: p. pretium, einen Preis bestimmen, auswerfen, Sen.: u. so huic signo milia centum, den Preis von 100000, Hor.: p. praemium, eine Belohnung aufstellen, auswerfen, verheißen, Sall., Liv. u.a. (s. Drak. Liv. 39, 17, 1): Olympiada, eine Ol. ansetzen, festsetzen, Cic. – p. alci od. alci rei nomen ( wie ονομα θειναί τινι), einen Namen gleichs. feststellen, beilegen, Cic. u.a. – p. rationem, Rechnung aufstellen, ablegen, Suet.; vgl. p. rationem cum Orco, Rechnung halten mit usw., Cic. – c) als feststehend aufstellen, annehmen, behaupten (nicht »voraussetzen«, s. Jordan Cic. Caecin. 32. p. 195), duo genera ponunt, deorum alterum, alterum hominum, Cic.: alii elementa novem posuerunt, Quint.: sed positum————sit primum nosmet ipsos commendatos esse nobis, Cic. – m. dopp. Acc., als das u. das annehmen, vitae brevis signa raros dentes, Plin.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., si ponatur adulter caecus, aleator pauper, Quint. – d) ein Thema zur Besprechung stellen, aufstellen, bestimmen, quaestiunculam, Cic.: quaestionem, Phaedr. u. Sen.: p. aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo, Cic.: materia, in qua ponitur tibicen, qui etc., Quint. – u. absol. = eine oder die Frage stellen, ponere iubebam, de quo quis audire vellet, Cic.: p. an etc., Sen. – e) jmd. in ein Amt, in eine Würde, Stellung (als Aufseher, Richter, Kläger) setzen, aufstellen, einsetzen, anstellen, alci custodem, Caes.: alci accusatorem, Cael. in Cic. ep.: satis idoneum officii sui iudicem, Cic. – u. m. dopp. Acc., alqm custodem in frumento publico, Cic.: alqm imperatorem Numidis, Sall.: alqm principem in bello, Nep. – m. super u. Akk., super armamentarium positus, Curt. 6, 7 (27), 22: puer super hoc positus officium, Petron. 56, 8.B) zum Genießen eine Speise, ein Getränk auftragen, vorsetzen (klass. apponere), globos melle unguito, papaver infriato, ponito, Cato: p. pavonem, merulas, Hor.: p. unctum, einen Leckerbissen, Hor.: invitas ad aprum, ponis mihi porcum, Mart.: ceteris vilia et minuta ponebat, Plin. ep.: da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Iuven. – vinum, Petron.: merum in gemma, Ov.: quis posuit secretam in auro dapem? Sen.: alci————venenum cum cibo, Liv.: alci in patina liquidam sorbitionem, Phaedr.C) als t. t. des Landbaues: 1) pflanzend usw. setzen, einsetzen, stecken, piros, Verg.: arborem, Hor.: vitem, Colum.: vitem ordine, Ambros. – semina (Pflanzen), Verg.: panicum et milium, Colum. – 2) eine Frucht zur Aufbewahrung hinlegen, einlegen (klass. reponere), p. in horreis, Pallad.: sorba lecta duriora et posita, Pallad. D) als publiz. t. t., etw. irgendwo zur Verwahrung niederlegen, hinterlegen, tabulas testamenti in aerario, Caes. b. c. 3, 108, 4: compositio publicis bibliothecis posita, Scrib. Larg. 97: pecuniam apud tutorem, ICt.: apparatum sive impensam in publico, ICt.E) als t. t. der Geschäftssprache, ein Kapital auf Zinsen anlegen (vgl. die Auslgg. zu Hor. epod. 2, 70 u. zu Hor. ep. 1, 18, 111), pecuniam in praedio, Cic., apud alqm, Cic.: pecuniam kalendis, Hor.: dives positis in fenore nummis, Hor. – übtr., otia recte, Hor.: beneficium apud alqm, bene apud alqm, Cic.: munus bene apud alqm, Liv.F) als t. t. der Toilettensprache, das Haar legen, zurechtlegen, ordnen, p. comas in statione, Ov.: positi sine lege et sine arte capilli, Ov.: ponendis in mille modos perfecta capillis, Ov.G) eine Aufregung in der Natur sich legen machen (Ggstz. tollere), tollere seu ponere vult freta (v.————Windgott Notus), Hor.: magnos cum ponunt aequora motus, Prop. – dah. refl., ponere, sich legen, v. Winden, Verg., Ov. u. Gell. (s. Goßrau Verg. Aen. 7, 27): u. so auch positi flatus, Min. Fel.H) niederlegen, von sich legen, fortlegen, ablegen, weglegen, ab-, wegwerfen (Ggstz. sumere), 1) eig.: a) übh.: velamina de tenero corpore, Ov.: e corpore pennas, Ov.: librum de manibus, Cic. – vestem, tunicam, Cic.: sarcinam, Petron.: barbam, Suet.: insignia morbi, fasciolas, cubital, focalia, Hor.: librum, aus der Hand legen, Cic.: semen, Verg.: coronam luctus gratiā, Cic.: nec sumit aut ponit secures arbitrio popularis aurae, Hor. – als milit. t. t., p. arma, die Waffen niederlegen, ablegen, Cic. u.a., u. (v. sich Unterwerfenden) = die W. strecken, Caes. u.a. (s. Drak. Liv. 6, 10, 5). – b) v. weibl. Wesen, die Leibesfrucht ablegen, v. Frauen, positum est uteri onus, Ov. – v. der Sau, werfen, fetum ad imam cavernam, Phaedr. – v. Vögeln, legen, p. pauca ova, Colum.: p. ova in saepibus, Ov.2) übtr., ablegen, von sich tun, entfernen, fahren lassen, aufgeben (Ggstz. sumere, suscipere), bellum, Sall. u.a.: vitam, Cic. u.a.: triumviri nomen, Tac. – vitia, Cic.: amores cum praetexta toga, Cic.: inimicitias, Cael. b. Cic.: discordias, Tac.: dolorem, Cic.: curam et aegritudinem, Cic.: curas externorum periculorum, Liv.: omnes aliarum rerum curas, Liv.: metum,————Ov. u. Plin. ep.: animos feroces, Liv.: ferocia corda, Verg.: vitae mortisque consilium vel suscipere vel ponere, Plin. ep. – poet., moras, Verg. – als milit. t. t. u. übtr., p. tirocinium, rudimentum, zurücklegen, ablegen, Liv. u.a. – u. als publiz. t. t., eine Würde niederlegen (klass. deponere), posito magistratu (Ggstz. quamdiu in magistratu est), ICt.3) als naut. t. t., Anker werfen, ancoris positis terrae applicare naves, Liv. 28, 17, 13.⇒ Archaist. Perf. poseivei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 551. lin. 3: posivi, Plaut. Pseud. 1281: posivit u. posibit, Act. fr. arv. a. 27, f.: posivt (so!), Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2208 u. 4367: possivit, ibid. 7, 579 u. 656: posivimus, Plaut. vidul. fr. 6 Stud. ( bei Prisc. 10, 37): posiverunt, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 6442. Cato r. r. praef. § 1. Cic. Tusc. 5, 83: posivere, Itin. Alex. 2 (3): posiveris, Plaut. trin. 145. Cato r. r. 4: posieit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 3049 u. 3267: posiit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 2575 u. 7, 574: posit od. posIt, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1282. 1298. 1436 u.a.: possit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 2712: poseit, ibid. 1, 1281 u. 1283: posierunt, ibid. 1, 1284. 3, 860: posiere, ibid. 5, 2714: posier(e), Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 5282. Vgl. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf., S. 539. – Synkop. Partiz. Perf. postus, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 855 u.a. Sil. 13, 553. Ter. Maur. 2905. -
9 sīgnum
sīgnum ī, n a mark, token, sign, indication, proof: ostendisti signa nutrici? (i. e. crepundia), T.: fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant: in amicis deligendis habere quasi signa et notas, quibus eos iudicarent, etc.: pecori signum inpressit, V.: nulla ad speluncum signa ferebant, footprints, V.: dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi: color pudoris signum, T.: timoris signa mittere, display, Cs.: Magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam, T.: id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.: quid signi?—A military standard, ensign, banner: signo amisso, Cs.: ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent, L.: Inter signa militaria, H.: signa sequi, to march in rank, S.: signa subsequi, to keep the order of battle, Cs.: signa servare, L.: ab signis discedere, to leave the ranks, Cs.: volonum exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: signa relinquere, to run away, S.: signa ferre, i. e. to decamp, Cs.: mota e castris signa eorum, qui, etc., i. e. an advance of the troops, etc., L.: Signa movet, advances, V.: ferte signa in hostem, attack, L.: signa constituere, halt, Cs.: signa proferre, advance, L.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, i. e. wheeled and attacked in two columns, Cs.: signa patriae inferens: qui signa contulit, engaged in close fight: conlatis signis, in regular battle: conlatis militaribus signis, having brought together, etc., Cs.: signa in laevum cornu confert, concentrates his troops, L.: signa transferre, to desert, Cs.: signa convellere, to take up the standards (from the ground), L.: legionem sub signis ducere, in rank and file: ante signa inter primores, in front of the army, L.—Esp., the standard of a cohort, ensign of a maniple (cf. aquila, the standard of the legion): cum fascīs, cum signa militaria (praemissa).—A cohort, maniple: unius signi milites, L.—A sign, signal, call, watchword, password: signum tubā dare, Cs.: receptui dare, L.: proeli exposcere, Cs.: concinere, Cs.: canere, S.: signum mittendis quadrigis dare (for the start in a race), L.: it bello tessera signum, V.—A sign, token, omen, prognostic, symptom: medici signa quaedam habent ex venis aegroti: Morborum signa docebo, V.: prospera signa dare, O.—An image, figure, statue, picture: Iovis Statoris: expressi voltūs per aënea signa, H.: palla signis auroque rigens, V. —A device on a seal, seal, signet: notum signum, imago avi tui, etc.: Imprimat his signa tabellis, H.: litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur: volumen sub signo habere, under seal.—A sign in the heavens, constellation: signis omnibus ad principium steliisque revocatis: in signo Leonis: signorum obitūs ortūs, V.: pluviale Capellae, O.* * *battle standard; indication; seal; sign, proof; signal; image, statue -
10 stator
stator ōris, m [STA-], an attendant upon a proconsul in his province, messenger, orderly: statores mittere.—As surname of Jupiter, a stay, supporter, protector, L., C., O.* * * -
11 aedes
aedēs and aedis (the form aedes is found in Liv. 2, 21, 7; 2, 8, 14; 2, 9, 43 al., and now and then in other writers, but aedis is more common, as in Cic. Verr. 4, 55, § 121; id. Par. 4, 2, 31; Vitr. 4, 7, 1; Varr. 5, 32, 156 al.; Liv. 1, 33, 9 al.; Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 50), is, f., a building for habitation. [Aedis domicilium in edito positum simplex atque unius aditus. Sive ideo aedis dicitur, quod in ea aevum degatur, quod Graece aiôn vocatur, Fest. p. 13 Müll. Curtius refers this word to aithô, aestus, as meaning originally, fire-place, hearth; others, with probability, compare hedos, hedra, and sēdes.]I.Sing., a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple (prop., a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more deities; cf. Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 4, 7; but after the Aug. period aedes was used for templum; cf. Suet. Caes. 78 with id. ib. 84): haec aedis, Varr. ap. Non. 494, 7:II.senatum in aedem Jovis Statoris vocavi,
Cic. Cat. 2, 6: aedis Martis, Nep. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.:aedes Mercurii dedicata est,
Liv. 2, 21:hic aedem ex marmore molitus est,
Vell. 1, 11, 5:inter altare et aedem,
Vulg. Luc. 11, 51:aedem Concordiae,
Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19:aedes Veneris genitricis,
Suet. Caes. 78; v. above; id. ib. 10:aedem Baal,
Vulg. 4 Reg. 10, 27; ib. Act. 19, 24 al.: haec ego ludo, quae nec in aede sonent, i. e. in the temple of the Muses, or of the Palatine Apollo, where poems were publicly recited, Hor. S. 1, 10, 38; cf.:quanto molimine circumspectemus vacuam Romanis vatibus aedem,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 94.— Plur. in this sense generally in connection with sacrae, divinae, deorum, and only when several temples are spoken of:aedes sacrae,
Cic. Dom. 49; cf. Suet. Aug. 30, 100:Capitolii fastigium et ceterarum aedium,
Cic. de Or. 3, 46; cf. Liv. 38, 41:Deorum aedes,
Suet. Cat. 21; cf. id. Ner. 38; id. Claud. 21 al.—A dwelling for men, a house, habitation, [p. 52] obode (syn. domus; usu. only in the plur., as a collection of several apartments; but in the earliest period the sing. also may have had this signif., though but few certain examples of it have been preserved in the written language; cf. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67:* B. * C.hic noster quaestus aucupii simillimust... aedis nobis areast, auceps sum ego): aedes probae et pulchre aedificatae,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 60; id. Most. 1, 2, 18:ultimae,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 29:apud istum in aedibus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 50, and soon after: in mediis aedibus; cf. Verg. A. 2, 512:liberae,
a house that is rent-free, Liv. 30, 17:privatae,
Suet. Ner. 44 al. —Hence sometimes used for a part of the domus, a room, an apartment, chamber:insectatur omnes domi per aedīs,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 31; Verg. G. 2, 462; cf. id. A. 2, 487 (v. also Gell. 4, 14; Curt. 8, 6; Hor. C. 1, 30, 4).—In Plaut., by comic license, aedes for familia: credo hercle has sustollat aedīs totas atque hunc in crucem, Mil. 2, 3, 39: ut ego suffringam his talos totis aedibus, to break the legs of this whole house (i. e. family), Truc. 2, 8, 7: ab aedibus, denoting office (cf. ab), a castellan:CVM AB AEDIBVS ESSEM,
Inscr. Grut. 697, 1.—Trop.:* D.fac, sis, vacivas aedīs aurium, mea ut migrare dicta possint,
the chambers of your ears, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 54.—Aedes aurata, a gilded funeral structure, on which the dead body of Cœsar was laid, a catafalque, Suet. Caes. 84. -
12 contra
contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.I.Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).A.Local.1.Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.a.With verb of being or position expressed or understood.(α).Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
13 contra dicta
contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.I.Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).A.Local.1.Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.a.With verb of being or position expressed or understood.(α).Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
14 Fanum
1.fānum, i, n. [fari; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 1, and 93, 17 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 90], a place dedicated to some deity by forms of consecration, a sanctuary, temple (syn.:2.templum, aedes, delubrum, cella, sacellum, sacrarium): in ea pugna Jovis Statoris aedem votam, ut Romulus ante voverat: sed fa num tantum, id est locus templo effatus, sacratus fuerat,
Liv. 10, 37 fin.; Sen. Ben. 7, 7:eamque unam ob causam Xerxes inflammari Atheniensium fana jussisse dicitur, quod deos inclusos parietibus contineri nefas esse duceret,
Cic. Rep. 3, 9:pro patriis fanis atque delubris propugnandum,
id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:de aris ac focis, de fanis ac templis,
id. Cat. 4, 11, 24:fana templaque expilavit,
Suet. Caes. 54:propter fani religionem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:fanum antiquissimum et sanctissimum,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54:Dianae Ephesi,
Caes. B. C. 3, 33, 1:Junonis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52:Herculis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 1:Hammonis,
Lucr. 6, 848:Eumenidum,
Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Vulg. Judic. 9, 4 al.Fanum, i, n., a city in Umbria, on the Adriatic Sea, with a celebrated temple of Fortuna, now Fano, Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.;called also Fanum Fortunae,
Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 50; Inscr. Orell. 83 and 84;and Colonia Fanestris,
Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 5, 1, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1535; 3143; 3969. -
15 fanum
1.fānum, i, n. [fari; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 1, and 93, 17 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 90], a place dedicated to some deity by forms of consecration, a sanctuary, temple (syn.:2.templum, aedes, delubrum, cella, sacellum, sacrarium): in ea pugna Jovis Statoris aedem votam, ut Romulus ante voverat: sed fa num tantum, id est locus templo effatus, sacratus fuerat,
Liv. 10, 37 fin.; Sen. Ben. 7, 7:eamque unam ob causam Xerxes inflammari Atheniensium fana jussisse dicitur, quod deos inclusos parietibus contineri nefas esse duceret,
Cic. Rep. 3, 9:pro patriis fanis atque delubris propugnandum,
id. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:de aris ac focis, de fanis ac templis,
id. Cat. 4, 11, 24:fana templaque expilavit,
Suet. Caes. 54:propter fani religionem,
Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1:fanum antiquissimum et sanctissimum,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54:Dianae Ephesi,
Caes. B. C. 3, 33, 1:Junonis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52:Herculis,
Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 1:Hammonis,
Lucr. 6, 848:Eumenidum,
Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Vulg. Judic. 9, 4 al.Fanum, i, n., a city in Umbria, on the Adriatic Sea, with a celebrated temple of Fortuna, now Fano, Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.;called also Fanum Fortunae,
Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 50; Inscr. Orell. 83 and 84;and Colonia Fanestris,
Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 5, 1, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1535; 3143; 3969. -
16 hasta
hasta ( asta), ae, f. [Sanscr. hastas, hand; cf. Gr. root chad- in chandanô, pre-hendo], a spear (syn.: hastile, dolo, gaesum, sarisa, sparus, lancea, pilum, spiculum, telum, etc.).I.Lit.A.Most freq. as a military weapon, a lance, pike, javelin (cf. Becker's Antiq. III. 2, p. 242 sq.):2.nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,
Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum transit, striderat hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P. (Ann. v. 365 Vahl.): Hastati spargunt hastas, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ib.):evelli jussit eam, qua erat transfixus, hastam,
Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:amentatus hastas torquebit,
id. de Or. 1, 57, 242; cf. id. Brut. 78, 271; id. Top. 17, 65:hastas vibrare,
id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:jactare,
id. ib. 2, 78, 316:dirigere in aliquem,
Ov. M. 8, 66:contendere,
to hurl, Verg. A. 10, 521:protendere aut colligere,
Tac. A. 2, 21 al. —As a symbol of war, sent in making a declaration of the same, Gell. 10, 27, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll., and thrown into the enemy's territory, Liv 1, 32 fin.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 53: pura, i. e. without iron, given to brave soldiers as a mark of distinction, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 102; Suet. Claud. 28; Inscr. Orell. 3457; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 760, and Fest. l. l.— As the symbol of legal ownership: festuca uti quasi hastae loco, signo quodam justi dominii, Gai Inst. 4, 16.—Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:B.jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,
i. e. has lost his courage, Cic. Mur. 21, 45.—A spear stuck in the ground at public auctions or where the tribunals of the cenlumviri were held (orig. as a sign of booty gained in battle or of magisterial authority):C.est enim ausus (Sulla) dicere, hasta posita, cum bona in foro venderet et bonorum virorum et locupletium et certe civium praedam se suam vendere,
Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; cf.:hastam in foro ponere et bona civium voci subicere praeconis,
id. ib. 2, 23, 83:hasta posita pro aede Jovis Statoris, bona voci acerbissimae subjecta praeconis,
id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:quos non illa inflnita hasta satiavit,
id. ib. 4, 4, 9:emptio ab hasta,
id. Att. 12, 3, 2:comitibus eorum sub hasta venditis,
Liv. 23, 38, 7: municipia Italiae splendidissima sub hasta venierunt, [p. 842] Flor. 3, 21, 27:just hastae,
Tac. A. 13, 28:cum censores se jam locationibus abstinerent, convenere ad eos, qui hastae hujus generis assueverant,
Liv. 24, 18, 10; as a badge of dignity:hunc miratur adhuc centum gravis hasta virorum,
Mart. 7, 63, 7.—Hence, transf., the centumviral court:ut centumviralem hastam, quam quaestura functi consuerant cogere, decemviri cogerent,
Suet. Aug. 36 fin. —A little spear with which a bride's hair was parted into locks, Ov. F. 2, 560.—D.A spear, as a gymnastic weapon, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 38; 3, 3, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 73.—II.Transf.A.Of the form of a comet: jubae effigies mutata in hasta est. Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.—B.I. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 45, 1. -
17 signum
signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].I.In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.II.insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,
Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,
id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,
Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:servitii signum cervice gerens,
Ov. M. 3, 16:jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,
Ov. M. 12, 444:metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,
Verg. A. 5, 130:scutum signi gratia positum,
Quint. 6, 3, 38:signa pedum,
tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;and simply signa,
Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:dare,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,
Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:signa esse ad salutem,
Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:animi pudentis signum,
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:color pudoris signum,
id. And. 5, 3, 7:signa doloris ostendere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:mortis dare,
Lucr. 6, 1182:timoris mittere,
to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:nil tamen est signi,
Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:quid signi?
Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):huic signum exercitus apposuit,
Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—In partic.A.In milit. lang.1.The distinctive sign of a division of an army.a.A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):(β).signifero interfecto, signo amisso,
Caes. B. G. 2, 25:ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,
Liv. 33, 7:Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,
id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:inter signa militaria,
Hor. Epod. 9, 15:cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,
Liv. 33, 1:signa militaria ex proelio relata,
Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,militaria,
id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—Hence the expressions: signa sequi,
to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:signa subsequi,
to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:signa observare,
Sall. J. 51, 1:signa servare,
Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:ab signis discedere,
to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:ab ordinibus signisque discedere,
Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:signa relinquere,
to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:signa deserere,
Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;for which: movere signa,
id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:tollere,
Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;but: ferte signa in hostem,
attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:signa constituere,
to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,
id. ib. 7, 51:signa proferre,
to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:signa inferre (in aliquem),
to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:signa conferre cum aliquo,
to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:signa in laevum cornu confert,
concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:signa transferre,
to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,vellere signa,
id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:revellere signa,
Luc. 7, 77; cf.:signa figere,
to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:defigere signa,
Sil. 8, 625:sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,
together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:signa hostium turbare,
to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:ante signa,
before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:post signa,
id. 2, 49.—Transf., in gen.:b.infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,
Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):(β).cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—Meton., a cohort, a maniple:2.octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,
Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:B.signum tubā dare,
Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:proelii committendi dare,
id. ib. 2, 21:recipiendi dare,
id. ib. 7, 52:receptui dare,
Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:signum dare ut, etc.,
Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:proelii exposcere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 19:concinere,
id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:canere,
Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:signum mittendis quadrigis dare,
Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:signum petere,
Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:it bello tessera signum,
Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,
i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:C.portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,
id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:prospera signa dare,
Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);D.inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,
Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:signum pictum in pariete,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:signum in fano,
id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:aëna signa,
Lucr. 1, 318:ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,
Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:cratera impressum signis,
Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:(vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,
Lucr. 5, 1428:ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,
Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:pallam signis auroque rigentem,
Verg. A. 1, 648:e Pario formatum marmore signum,
Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:E.(patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,
id. Quint. 6, 25:imprimat his signa tabellis,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,
Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:signo laeso non insanire lagenae,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:volumen sub signo habere,
to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,
Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:cum sol duodena peregit signa,
Ov. M. 13, 618.—A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):F.caeli subter labentia signa,
Lucr. 1, 2:loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,
id. 5, 695:signorum ortus et obitus,
Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,
id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:in signo leonis,
id. Div. 1, 53, 121:signorum obitus speculari et ortus,
Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:signum pluviale Capellae,
Ov. F. 5, 113:ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,
id. ib. 1, 310:nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.
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DELUBRUM — dictum fuisse fustem delibratum vel decorticatum, quem pro Deo antiqui venerati sint, tradit Paulus Festi Pompeii abbreviator: cui Serv. adstipulatur dicens: Delubrum dictum propter lacum, in quo manus abluuntur; vel propter tectum coniunctum;… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
FRIDERICUS Henricus — I. FRIDERICUS Henricus fil. Gulielmi Principis Arausion. Belgicae libertatis Statoris ac Vindicis, ex Ludovica Colignia, famosi illius Galliae Admirali, qui in laniena Parisiensi inter Principes cecidit, A. C. 1572. filiâ nat. A. C. 1584.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
HENRICUS Fridericus — Fridericus HENRICUS fil. Vilhelmi Principis Arausionensis, Belgicae libertatis statoris, ex quarta eius coniuge Lodovica, Caspari Colinii Galliae Admiralii filia frater Mauritn Peincipis, rerum gestarum gloriâ celeberrimi, nat. est A. C. 1584.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
PALATINUS Mons Romae — inhabitatus longô tempore ante urbem conditam a Valentiâ Itali filiâ, inde ab Euandro, qui et arcem in eo constituit. Idem inter septem colles praecipuus, ideoque celebris prae reliquis, varias sui nominis causas habet apud auctores bonos. Nam et … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
REGIONES — non modo provinciarum, sed etiam urbium magnarum partes sunt. REGIONES URBIS ROMAE QUATUORDECIM EX PUBLIO VICTORE, SEXTO RUFO, ET ALIIS. 1. Porta Capena; inter Caeliomontanam ad ortum et Aventinum montem ad occasum ac inter Piscinam publicam et… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
TEMPLUM Veneris — Ptol. oppid. vulgo Cap. de Crux, vide Aphrodisium; quod ab Helena 4. a Narbone 25. a Pyrene 80. leucis. Templa urbis Romae ex P. Victore: Bellonae, apud circum Flaminum. Bonae Deae, ubi nunc aedes S. Mariae Aventinae. Bonae Fortunae erat apud… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
