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1 profuse
profūsē [ profusus ]2) неумеренно, чрезмерно ( laudare AG); расточительно, не жалея средств ( festos dies celebrare Su) -
2 profuse
profūsē, Adv. (profusus), I) ohne Ordnung vorwärtsstürmend, profuse tendere in castra, in wilder Flucht die Richtung nach dem Lager nehmen, Liv. 10, 36, 7. – II) bildl., unmäßig, maßlos, 1) im allg.: profuse prolixeque laudare, Gell.: eo profusius omnibus modis quaestui atque sumptui deditus erat, Sall. Iug. 13. – 2) insbes., mit unmäßigem Aufwande, verschwenderisch, praetoria profuse exstructa, Suet.: festos et sollemnes dies profusissime celebrabat, Suet.
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3 profuse
profūsē, Adv. (profusus), I) ohne Ordnung vorwärtsstürmend, profuse tendere in castra, in wilder Flucht die Richtung nach dem Lager nehmen, Liv. 10, 36, 7. – II) bildl., unmäßig, maßlos, 1) im allg.: profuse prolixeque laudare, Gell.: eo profusius omnibus modis quaestui atque sumptui deditus erat, Sall. Iug. 13. – 2) insbes., mit unmäßigem Aufwande, verschwenderisch, praetoria profuse exstructa, Suet.: festos et sollemnes dies profusissime celebrabat, Suet. -
4 tendo
tendo, ĕre, tĕtendi, tentum (tensum) - [gr]gr. τείνω. - arch. tennitur, Ter. Phorm. 330. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre, étendre, déployer. - plagas tendere, Cic. Off. 3, 68: tendre des filets. - arcum tedere, Virg. En. 7, 164: bander un arc. - poét. sagittas arcu tendere, Hor. O. 1, 29, 9: tendre des flèches sur un arc. - praetorium tendere, Caes. BC. 3, 82: dresser la tente du général. - manus ad caelum tendere, Caes. BC. 2, 5: tendre les mains vers le ciel. - manus ad aliquem ou alicui tendere, Caes. B G. 2, 13, 2; 7, 48, 3: tendre les mains à qqn (en suppliant). - ad legatos supplices manus tendunt, Caes. BC. 2, 12: ils tendent vers les légats leurs mains suppliantes. - quā se ponti plaga tendit, Lucr.: où s'étend la mer. [st1]2 [-] tendre (sens priapéen). - tentus, Mart. 11, 73, 3: tendu. - grandia te medii tenta viri, Catul. 80, 6: la grosse chose tendue du bas-ventre de l'homme. [st1]3 [-] au fig. tendre. - insidiae tenduntur alicui, Cic. Com. 46: on tend des pièges à qqn. - cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens, Cic. de Or. 1. 184: présentant, tendant (comme avec la main) à tous les citoyens les lumières de son génie et de sa prudence. - ultra legem tendere opus, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2: faire une oeuvre tendue au-delà des règles. - aestivam sermone benigno noctem tendere, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11: passer toute une nuit d'été à d'aimables propos. - cursum tendere, Lucr. 5: diriger sa course. - iter tendere, Virg. En. 1, 656: diriger sa course. - qui et unde et quo tenderent cursum, Liv. 23, 34, 5: (demandant) leur qualité, le point de départ et le but de leur course. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre, se diriger. - Venusiam tendere, Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3: aller à Venouse. - cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. - ad castra tendere, Liv. 9, 37, 10: se porter vers le camp. - in castra tendere, Liv. 10, 36, 7: se porter vers le camp. - quo tendis? Hor. S. 1, 9, 63: où vas-tu? - levibus in sublime tendentibus, Plin. 2, 11: les corps légers tendant à s'élever. - via, qui Ditis magni sub moenia tendit, Virg. En. 6, 540: route qui mène au pied des murailles du puissant Pluton. - tendere ad dominum iter, Ov. M. 2, 547: se diriger vers son maître. - tendimus huc (= in Orcum) omnes, Ov. M. 10, 34: nous aboutissons tous ici. [st1]2 [-] tendre vers, viser à; incliner vers; chercher à, s'efforcer de. - ad aliquid tendere, Cic. Div. 2, 4: se porter vers qqch. - ad altiora tendere, Liv. 4, 13, 4: viser plus haut. - cum alii alio tenderent, Liv. 24, 28: les esprits étant partagés. - ad Carthaginienses tendere, Liv. 24, 5, 8: pencher pour l'alliance carthaginoise. - tendere + inf.: chercher à, essayer de. - captae civitati leges imponere tendent, Liv. 6, 38: on cherche à imposer ses lois à la cité qui a été prise. - manibus tendit divellere nodos, Virg. En. 2, 220: de ses mains il essaie de desserrer les noeuds. - cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31; 1, 19, 16; Liv. 24, 35, etc. [st1]3 [-] faire des efforts, déployer de l'énergie, tendre ses ressorts. - Sall. C. 60, 5 ; Virg. En. 5, 21; Liv. 32, 32, 7 ; 34, 34, 1. - tendere ut...: faire effort pour obtenir que. - consulum comitia ut habeantur tendunt, Liv. 4, 7: ils cherchent à obtenir que l'on tienne les comices consulaires. [st1]4 [-] dresser une tente ou des tentes, camper. - tendere (s.-ent. tentoria): camper, être en garnison. - sub vallo tendere, Caes. BG. 6, 37, 2: camper au pied du retranchement. - in praetorio tetenderunt, Liv. 28, 27, 15: sur l'emplacement réservé au général ils ont dressé leur tente. - tendere Lugduni, Tac.: tenir garnison à Lyon. - cf. Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6, etc. ; Virg. En. 2, 29; 8, 605.* * *tendo, ĕre, tĕtendi, tentum (tensum) - [gr]gr. τείνω. - arch. tennitur, Ter. Phorm. 330. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre, étendre, déployer. - plagas tendere, Cic. Off. 3, 68: tendre des filets. - arcum tedere, Virg. En. 7, 164: bander un arc. - poét. sagittas arcu tendere, Hor. O. 1, 29, 9: tendre des flèches sur un arc. - praetorium tendere, Caes. BC. 3, 82: dresser la tente du général. - manus ad caelum tendere, Caes. BC. 2, 5: tendre les mains vers le ciel. - manus ad aliquem ou alicui tendere, Caes. B G. 2, 13, 2; 7, 48, 3: tendre les mains à qqn (en suppliant). - ad legatos supplices manus tendunt, Caes. BC. 2, 12: ils tendent vers les légats leurs mains suppliantes. - quā se ponti plaga tendit, Lucr.: où s'étend la mer. [st1]2 [-] tendre (sens priapéen). - tentus, Mart. 11, 73, 3: tendu. - grandia te medii tenta viri, Catul. 80, 6: la grosse chose tendue du bas-ventre de l'homme. [st1]3 [-] au fig. tendre. - insidiae tenduntur alicui, Cic. Com. 46: on tend des pièges à qqn. - cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens, Cic. de Or. 1. 184: présentant, tendant (comme avec la main) à tous les citoyens les lumières de son génie et de sa prudence. - ultra legem tendere opus, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2: faire une oeuvre tendue au-delà des règles. - aestivam sermone benigno noctem tendere, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 11: passer toute une nuit d'été à d'aimables propos. - cursum tendere, Lucr. 5: diriger sa course. - iter tendere, Virg. En. 1, 656: diriger sa course. - qui et unde et quo tenderent cursum, Liv. 23, 34, 5: (demandant) leur qualité, le point de départ et le but de leur course. - intr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre, se diriger. - Venusiam tendere, Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3: aller à Venouse. - cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 71. - ad castra tendere, Liv. 9, 37, 10: se porter vers le camp. - in castra tendere, Liv. 10, 36, 7: se porter vers le camp. - quo tendis? Hor. S. 1, 9, 63: où vas-tu? - levibus in sublime tendentibus, Plin. 2, 11: les corps légers tendant à s'élever. - via, qui Ditis magni sub moenia tendit, Virg. En. 6, 540: route qui mène au pied des murailles du puissant Pluton. - tendere ad dominum iter, Ov. M. 2, 547: se diriger vers son maître. - tendimus huc (= in Orcum) omnes, Ov. M. 10, 34: nous aboutissons tous ici. [st1]2 [-] tendre vers, viser à; incliner vers; chercher à, s'efforcer de. - ad aliquid tendere, Cic. Div. 2, 4: se porter vers qqch. - ad altiora tendere, Liv. 4, 13, 4: viser plus haut. - cum alii alio tenderent, Liv. 24, 28: les esprits étant partagés. - ad Carthaginienses tendere, Liv. 24, 5, 8: pencher pour l'alliance carthaginoise. - tendere + inf.: chercher à, essayer de. - captae civitati leges imponere tendent, Liv. 6, 38: on cherche à imposer ses lois à la cité qui a été prise. - manibus tendit divellere nodos, Virg. En. 2, 220: de ses mains il essaie de desserrer les noeuds. - cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31; 1, 19, 16; Liv. 24, 35, etc. [st1]3 [-] faire des efforts, déployer de l'énergie, tendre ses ressorts. - Sall. C. 60, 5 ; Virg. En. 5, 21; Liv. 32, 32, 7 ; 34, 34, 1. - tendere ut...: faire effort pour obtenir que. - consulum comitia ut habeantur tendunt, Liv. 4, 7: ils cherchent à obtenir que l'on tienne les comices consulaires. [st1]4 [-] dresser une tente ou des tentes, camper. - tendere (s.-ent. tentoria): camper, être en garnison. - sub vallo tendere, Caes. BG. 6, 37, 2: camper au pied du retranchement. - in praetorio tetenderunt, Liv. 28, 27, 15: sur l'emplacement réservé au général ils ont dressé leur tente. - tendere Lugduni, Tac.: tenir garnison à Lyon. - cf. Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6, etc. ; Virg. En. 2, 29; 8, 605.* * *Tendo, tendis, tetendi, tensum et tentum, tendere. Virgil. Tendre.\Grauitas tendebat vterum mihi. Ouid. Le pesant enfant que je portoye m'estendoit et enfloit le ventre.\Insidias tendere alicui. Sallust. Espier et guetter aucun, Tendre à aucun pour le decevoir.\Plagas tendere. Cic. Tendre les filets.\Manibus tendit diuellere nodos. Virg. Tasche et met peine.\Tendere ad altiora. Liu. Tascher à monter plus hault, Pretendre à plus grand chose.\Tendere aduersus. Liu. Soustenir le contraire de quelque chose, Repugner.\Tendere aduersus authoritatem Senatus, nefas est. Liuius. Aller à l'encontre de l'authorité du Senat.\Tendunt in diuersum sententiae. Liu. Sont contraires.\Vlterius ne tende odiis. Virgil. Fay que ta haine ne passe point plus oultre.\Tendebant summa ope, vt Consules crearentur. Liuius. Ils taschoyent tant qu'ils povoyent que, etc.\Tendere. Cic. Aller, Tirer droict en aucun lieu.\Postquam tendere ad se Romanas naues vidit. Liuius. Aller vers soy.\Cursu tendit ad limina. Virgil. Court droict à, etc.\Ad reliqua acri tendebamus animo. Cic. Nous poursuyvions au reste.\Tendit ad stomachum, vel in ventrem. Plin. S'estend jusques à l'estomach.\Deus animum per totum tetendit. Cic. Dieu a estendu l'ame par tout le corps.\Ne tot fortissimos viros interclusos opprimeret hostis, tendunt in quencunque casum. Liu. Ils se mettent à toute adventure.\Tendit palmes sursum. Columel. Tend en mont.\Tendere cursum aliquo. Liu. Courir droict en quelque lieu.\Iter tendebat ad naues. Virgil. Il alloit.\Tendere iter pennis. Virgil. Voler.\Paruum patri tendebat Iulum. Virgil. Luy tendoit.\Tendere alicui metum aut spem. Cic. Monstrer.\Eo tendit, id agit, ad eum exitum properat vir optimus, vt sit illi Octauius propitius. Cic. Il pretend à cela.\In diuersum disciplinae tendunt. Quintil. Sont contraires, ou Tendent à diverses fins.\Tendere. Valer. Max. Asseoir, ou tendre ses tentes et pavillons. -
5 tendo
tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].I. A.Lit.1.In gen.:2.suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —In partic.:B.nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:II.insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—Neutr.A.To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).1.Lit.:b.dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:in castra,
id. 10, 36:ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:2.in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—Trop.a.In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:(β).ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:b.(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):B.nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:rudentes,
id. 2, 683:frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur. -
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tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].I. A.Lit.1.In gen.:2.suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —In partic.:B.nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:II.insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—Neutr.A.To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).1.Lit.:b.dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:in castra,
id. 10, 36:ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:2.in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—Trop.a.In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:(β).ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:b.(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):B.nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:rudentes,
id. 2, 683:frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur. -
7 tenta
tendo ( tenno), tĕtendi, tentum and tensum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ten-, tan, v. teneo; cf. Gr. teinô].I. A.Lit.1.In gen.:2.suntne igitur insidiae, tendere plagas?
Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:plagam, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. nequitum, p. 162 Müll.: quia non rete accipitri tennitur,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 16 sq.; cf.:retia (alicui),
Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 20; Hor. Epod. 2, 33; Ov. M. 4, 513; 7, 701; 8, 331 al.:casses alicui,
Tib. 1, 6, 5:intumescit collum, nervi tenduntur,
Col. 6, 14, 4:chordam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 55:arcum,
to bend, Verg. A. 7, 164; Hor. C. 2, 10, 20; Ov. M. 2, 604; 5, 55; 5, 63; Stat. S. 3, 1, 51.—Hence, poet. transf.:sagittas Arcu,
to shoot, hurl, Hor. C. 1, 29, 9; cf.:spicula cornu,
Verg. A. 9, 606:pariterque oculos telumque,
id. ib. 5, 508:barbiton,
to tune, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; cf.:tympana tenta tonant palmis,
Lucr. 2, 618:validā lora manu,
Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:vela (Noti),
to swell, Verg. A. 3, 268:praecipiti carbasa tenta Noto,
Ov. H. 10, 30:praetorium,
to stretch out, pitch, Caes. B. C. 3, 82: pelles in ordine tentae, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 30:conopia,
Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 45: grabatos restibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 181, 29:cubilia,
Hor. Epod. 12, 12: manus ad caeli caerula templa, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.); so, manus ad caelum, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Verg. A. 3, 176:bracchia ad caelum,
Ov. M. 6, 279; 9, 293;for which: bracchia caelo,
id. ib. 2, 580;9, 210: ad legatos atque exercitum supplices manus tendunt,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12; so,manus ad aliquem,
id. B. G. 2, 13:ad sidera palmas,
Verg. A. 1, 93:super aequora palmas,
Ov. M. 8, 849:ad aliquem orantia bracchia,
id. P. 2, 9, 65:manus supplices dis immortalibus,
Cic. Font. 17, 48; cf.:vobis supplex manus tendit patria communis,
id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; so,manus alicui,
Caes. B. G. 7, 48; Ov. M. 3, 723; id. H. 10, 146:manus supinas,
Liv. 3, 50, 5:manus ripae ulterioris amore,
Verg. A. 6, 314; cf.also: Graecia tendit dexteram Italiae,
stretches forth, reaches, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; id. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:(conjux) parvum patri tendebat Iulum,
reaches out, Verg. A. 2, 674:tu munera supplex Tende, petens pacem,
id. G. 4, 535:quo tendant ferrum,
aim, direct, id. A. 5, 489:qua nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit,
stretches itself out, extends, Lucr. 5, 481. —In partic.:B.nervum tendere, in mal. part.,
Auct. Priap. 70; cf. Mart. 11, 60, 3.—Hence, tentus, a lecherous man, Mart. 11, 73, 3; Auct. Priap. 20; 27; 34 al.; and tenta, ōrum, n., = membrum virile, Cat. 80, 6.—Trop.: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are spread out, laid (qs. like nets), Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:II.insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 27, 2; Suet. Caes. 35:omnes insidias animis,
Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47:animum vigilem,
to strain, exert, Stat. Achill. 1, 543: longo tendit praecordia voto, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Ol. 66; cf.:sunt quibus in Satirā videor nimis acer et ultra Legem tendere opus,
i. e. to heighten, aggravate, Hor. S. 2, 1, 2:aestivam sermone benigno noctem,
to protract, extend, id. Ep. 1, 5, 11:(lunam) Tanto posse minus cum Signis tendere cursum,
to direct, Lucr. 5, 631:cursum ex acie in Capitolia,
Sil. 9, 216:cursum ad agmina suorum,
id. 10, 73:iter ad naves,
Verg. A. 1, 656:iter pennis,
id. ib. 6, 240:ad dominum iter,
Ov. M. 2, 547:cursum unde et quo,
Liv. 23, 34, 5:iter in Hispaniam, Auct. B. Afr. 95: cunctis civibus lucem ingenii et consilii sui porrigens atque tendens,
tendering, offering, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184.—Neutr.A.To direct one ' s self or one ' s course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one ' s course in any direction (class.).1.Lit.:b.dubito an Venusiam tendam,
Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:Beneventum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 71:cursuque amens ad limina tendit,
Verg. A. 2, 321:ad castra,
Liv. 9, 37:in castra,
id. 10, 36:ad aedes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 89:ad domum Bruti et Cassii,
Suet. Caes. 85:ad portus,
Ov. M. 15, 690:Ciconum ad oras,
id. ib. 10, 3:ad metam,
id. ib. 15, 453; cf.:cum alter ad alterum tenderemus,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:unde venis? et Quo tendis?
Hor. S. 1, 9, 63; id. Ep. 1, 15, 11; id. C. 3, 3, 70:quo tendere pergunt,
Verg. A. 6, 198; Nep. Milt. 1, 6:tendimus huc (sc. in Orcum) omnes,
Ov. M. 10, 34 et saep. —Of things concrete or abstract, to go, proceed, extend, stretch, etc.:2.in quem locum quaeque (imago) tendat,
Lucr. 4, 179:levibus in sublime tendentibus,
Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 11:sursum tendit palmes,
Col. 5, 6, 28:simulacra viis derectis omnia tendunt,
Lucr. 4, 609.— Poet., with acc. of direction:tunc aethera tendit,
Luc. 7, 477:dextera (via), quae Ditis magni sub moenia tendit,
Verg. A. 6, 541:gula tendit ad stomachum, is ad ventrem,
reaches, extends, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 176:Taurus mons ad occasum tendens,
id. 5, 27, 27, § 97; so id. 5, 5, 5, § 35; 16, 30, 53, § 122; cf.:Portae Caspiae, quae per Iberiam in Sarmatas tendunt,
id. 6, 13, 15, § 40:seu mollis quā tendit Ionia,
Prop. 1, 6, 31.—Trop.a.In gen., to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction:(β).ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; cf.:ad altiora et non concessa tendere,
Liv. 4, 13, 4:ad majora,
Quint. 2, 4, 20; 12, 2, 27:ad eloquium,
Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 17:ad suum,
Liv. 4, 9, 5; cf.:ad Carthaginienses,
id. 24, 5, 8:cum alii alio tenderent,
id. 24, 28, 1:in diversum sententiae tendebant,
id. 36, 10, 7: tenes, quorsum haec tendant, quae loquor, tend, look, = spectent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 81; Hor. S. 2, 7, 21. —To exert one ' s self, to strive, endeavor (mostly poet.); with inf.:b.(Laocoon) manibus tendit divellere nodos,
Verg. A. 2, 220:pasta (nitedula) rursus Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31: captae [p. 1853] civitati leges imponere, Liv. 6, 38, 7; 24, 35; 10, 1:quod efficere tendimus,
Quint. 9, 1, 21:fratresque tendentes opaco Pelion imposuisse Olympo,
Hor. C. 3, 4, 51:tendit disertus haberi,
id. Ep. 1, 19, 16:aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,
id. ib. 1, 10, 20; Pers. 5, 139; Juv. 10, 154. — Absol.:miles tendere, inde ad jurgium,
insists, persists, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 12. —In partic., to exert one ' s self in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend (class. but not freq. till the Aug. per.):B.nec nos obniti contra nec tendere tantum Sufficimus,
Verg. A. 5, 21; cf.: nec mora nec requies;vasto certamine tendunt,
id. ib. 12, 553:Petreius ubi videt Catilinam contra ac ratus erat magnā vi tendere,
Sall. C. 60, 5; cf.:summā vi,
Liv. 32, 32, 7 Drak.:adversus, etc.,
id. 34, 34, 1:contra,
id. 35, 51, 6:ultra,
id. 24, 31, 4:acrius,
Tac. A. 2, 74; cf.:acrius contra, ut, etc.,
Liv. 3, 15, 2; so with ut, id. 4, 7, 8; with ne, id. 4, 8, 6:quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc.,
what does he strive for? to what do his efforts tend? Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16; cf.:nihil illi tendere contra,
Verg. A. 9, 377. —For tentoria tendere, to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp:qui sub vallo tenderent mercatores,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37; cf.:omnibus extra vallum jussis tendere, Frontin. Strat. 4, 1, 18: vallo tendetis in illo,
Luc. 7, 328:hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles,
Verg. A. 2, 29:legio latis tendebat in arvis,
id. ib. 8, 605:isdem castris,
Liv. 44, 13, 12; 27, 46; 44, 5; Suet. Galb. 12; 19; cf.:isdem hibernis tendentes,
Tac. H. 1, 55:Lugduni tendentes,
id. ib. 1, 59:cum multitudo laxius tenderet,
Curt. 3, 8, 18; 5, 7, 6; 7, 2, 37:tendere in campis,
id. 10, 7, 20. — Hence, tensus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, drawn tight, strained, tense (rare):rectissima linea tensa,
Quint. 3, 6, 83:collum,
id. 11, 3, 82; cf.:remissis magis quam tensis (digitis),
id. 11, 3, 99:vox tensior (opp. remissior),
id. 11, 3, 42:lacerti,
Luc. 7, 469:rudentes,
id. 2, 683:frons,
Lucr. 6, 1195:tormento citharāque tensior,
Auct. Priap. 6 and 70.— Sup. and adv. do not occur. -
8 Lager
Lager, I) für leblose Dinge: tabulatum (übh. aus Brettern zusammengefügtes Gestell). – cella. horreum (Vorratskammer, Magazin übh.). – apotheca (Weinlager für den trinkbaren Wein). – ein L. von Metallen (im Bergwerk), venae metallorum. – II) für lebende Wesen: 1) für Tiere: cubīle (im allg., Schlaf-od. Ruhestätte, auch das L. wilder Tiere im Walde). – lustrum (Wildhöhle, Wildbahn). – latibulum (der Schlupfwinkel, verborgene Ort, wo sich ein Tier aufhält). – 2) für Menschen: a) als Ruheort: stratum (als hingebreitetes Polster, Matratze etc.). – cubīle (als bleibende Ruhestätte; vgl. »Bett«). – ein L. auf der Erde, cubile humi positum: sein L. mit jmd. teilen, cubile (cubilia) sociare cum alqo. – b) = Feldlager: castra, ōrum,n. pl. – tentoria, ōrum,n. pl.pelles (die Zelte, die den Hauptbestandteil des Lagers ausmachen). – ein L. im Sommer, im Winter, aestiva, ōrum,n. pl.;hiberna, ōrum,n. pl. – ein L. schlagen, aufschlagen, castra ponere, locare, collocare, constituere: an einem passenden Ort, castra loco idoneo facere: ganz in der Nähe der Feinde, dem L. der Feinde gegenüber, castra sua paene hostium castris iungere; castra castris hostium conferre: ein doppeltes L. auff chlagen, castra bifariam facere: zwei L. einander gegenüber aufschlagen, bina castra ex adverso constituere: wo sein Lager aufgeschlagen haben, tendere (seine Zelte haben, z.B. sub vallo, extra vallum, in angusto): das L. abbrechen, castra movere, promovere, proferre: das L. des Feindes erobern, hostem castris exuere.
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9 tendō (old also tennō）
tendō (old also tennō） tetendī, tentus, or (late) tēnsus, ere [2 TA-], to stretch, make tense, stretch out, spread out, distend, extend: plagas: quia non rete accipitri tennitur, T.: retia cervis, O.: arcum, keep bent, H.: tendere doctior arcūs, O.: vela, swell, V.: cubilia, spread, H.: tenta ubera, distended, H.—Of tents, to spread out, pitch, erect: praetorium, Cs.— To stretch out, present, offer, reach, extend: manūs ad templa: bracchia caelo, O.: ad legatos supplices manūs, Cs.: vobis manūs: supinas manūs, L.: dexteram Italiae, reaches: civibus lucem ingeni sui, to tender: patri Iulum, hold out, V.— To aim, direct, shoot, drive: Quo tendant ferrum, V.: sagittas Arcu, H.: spicula cornu, V. — To string, tune: barbiton, H.—Fig., to lay, contrive, devise: insidiae tenduntur alicui, are laid.— To press, strain: ultra Legem tendere opus, i. e. press to extravagance, H.: Aestivam sermone benigno noctem, protract, H.—Of a way or course, to direct, pursue, turn, wend: iter ad naves, V.: unde et quo cursum, L.— To direct oneself, hold a course, aim, strive, go, move, march, drive, tend, bend: Venusiam: cursuque amens ad limina tendit, V.: ad castra, L.: unde venis? et Quo tendis? H.— To extend, stretch, reach: (via), quae sub moenia tendit, V.— To set up tents, be under tents, be encamped, encamp: sub vallo, Cs.: legio latis tendebat in arvis, V.: in angusto, L.: laxius, Cu.— Fig., to aim, strive, be directed, be inclined, tend: ad reliqua alacri animo: ad altiora, L.: ad eloquium, O.: cum alii alio tenderent, L.: Non dices, quorsum haec tendant, tend, H.— To be persistent, make exertion, exert oneself, strive, endeavor, contend, struggle: miles tendere inde ad iurgium, persists, T.: vasto certamine tendunt, V.: videt Catilinam magnā vi tendere, S.: patres, adversus quos tenderet, L.: senatu minus in praeturā tendente, making less opposition in the case of the praetorship, L.: quid tendit? cum efficere non possit, ut, etc., what does he strive for?: nihil illi tendere contra, V.: manibus tendit divellere nodos, V.: Ire foras tendebat frustra, H.: captae civitati leges imponere, L.: aqua tendit rumpere plumbum, H. -
10 tendo
tendo, tetendī, tēnsum u. tentum, ere (altind. tanoti, dehnt, spannt, griech. τείνω, gotisch Þanjan, ahd. denen), spannen, ausspannen, ausdehnen, ausstrecken, I) act.: A) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: arcum, Verg.: chordam, Plaut.: retia, Hor. (u. alci retia, bildl., Prop.): plagas, Cic.: conopia, Prop.: vela, schwellen (v. Notus), Verg.: manus alci od. ad alqm, Caes. u.a.: manus ad caelum, Caes.: brachia ad caelum od. bl. caelo, Ov.: dextram, ausstrecken, Cic.: alci, gegen jmd. = hinreichen, Cic.: tenta ubera, die straffen, Hor.: pingui tentus omaso, dickvoll gefressen, Hor. - b) im obszönen Sinne, nervum, Priap.: alutam, Mart.: tenta dei vena (= penis), Prop.: dah. tentus, von einem geilen Menschen, Mart. u. Priap.: u. tenta, ōrum, n., das männliche Glied, Catull. – 2) meton.: a) aus ausgespannten Fellen, Tüchern usw. errichten, bauen, aufschlagen, praetorium, Caes.: cubilia, Hor. – b) mit Saiten, Seilen usw. bespannen, barbiton, Hor.: grabati restibus tenti, Lucil. – c) hinrichten, hinlenken, lintea (= vela) ad portus Pharios, hinsegeln, Prop.: oculos pariter telumque, Verg.: u. so sagittas arcu, abschießen, Hor. – iter ad navem, Verg., ad dominum, Ov.: tetendit deinde iter per Thracias atque omnes Geticos populos, Vopisc. Prob. 16, 3: u. so cursum, seinen Lauf richten, -nehmen, ex acie in Capitolia, Sil.: et unde et quo tenderent cursum, Liv. – d) hinreichen, darreichen, parvum patri Iulum, Verg.: tu munera supplex tende, Verg.
B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: alci insidias, Cic. u.a. – animum vigilem, anspannen, anstrengen, Stat.: ultra legem opus, straff spannen, schärfen, Hor. – sermone benigno noctem, hinziehen, hinbringen, Hor. – 2) hinreichen, darreichen, verleihen, praesidium clientibus, opem amicis porrigere atque tendere, Cic.: nobis honorem, Sil. – 3) nach etwas streben, etwas wollen, nusquam idem atque unum tendentes, Curt. 9, 9 (35), 14.
II) refl. (mit u. ohne se) u. medial, A) übtr.: 1) (refl. ohne se) sich ausdehnen, als milit. t.t. = a) unter Zelten lagern, (im Quartier) liegen, -stehen (s. Nipperdey Tac. ann. 1, 17), Caes., Verg. u.a.: in isdem castris, Liv.: sub vallo, Caes.: extra vallum, Tac.: procul urbe, Curt.: seorsus a ceteris, Curt.: iuxta Dolabellae hortos, Suet.: Lugduni, Tac.: coartatio plurium in angusto tendentium, Liv. – b) sich in Schlachtordnung aufstellen, ante signa, Auct. b. Afr. 17, 1. – 2) (refl. ohne se) sich in seinen Bewegungen wohin richten, wenden, nach einem Orte streben, wollen, zu gelangen Suchen, gehen marschieren, a) v. Pers.: Venusiam, Cic.: Romam, Eutr.: in Indiam, Curt.: ad aedes, Hor.: ad alqm, Plin. ep.: ad od. in castra, Liv.: unde venis? et quo tendis? (willst du?) Hor. – b) v. lebl. Subjj., sich wohin wen den, simulacra viis de rectis omnia tendunt, Lucr. – nach oben = steigen, sursum tendit palmes, Colum.: levia in sublime tendentia, Plin.: poet. mit Ziel-Acc., aethera tendit fragor, steigt zum Äther empor, Lucan. – 3) v. Örtl., refl. (mit u. gew. ohne se) od. mebial = sich ausdehnen, sich erstrecken, reichen, quā nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit, Lucr.: seu mollis quā tendit Ionia, Prop.: quā se campis squalentibus Africa tendit, Sil. – via tendit sub moenia, Verg.: Taurus mons ad occasum tendens, Plin.: gula tendit ad stomachum, Plin. – medial, ad caeli finem medio tenduntur ab orbe squalentes campi, Sil. – 4) v. der Zeit, medial, tendi, sich ausdehnen, sich verlängern, quamvis (dies) aestivis tendantur solibus, breves videbuntur, Hieron. epist. 130, 15.
B) übtr. (refl. ohne se): 1) wohin streben, auf etw. hinarbeiten, ausgehen, zu etw. seine Zuflucht nehmen, zu etw. sich neigen, fich hingezogen fühlen, für etw. tätig sein, a) übh.: ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo, Cic.: ad altiora et non concessa, Cic.: ad iurgium, Händel suchen, Ter.: ad sua consilia, seine Pläne auszuführen suchen, Liv.: ad alienam opem, Liv.: ad eloquium, Ov.: ad Carthaginienses, ad societatem Romanam, sich neigen zu usw., tätig sein für usw., Cic.: ad suum, sich für ihren Standesgenossen erklären, Cic. – v. lebl. Subjj., tenes quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, zielen, Plaut.: non dices hodie, quorsum haec putida tendant, wohin zielen. Hor. – b) m. folg. Infin. = sich anstrengen, sich bemühen, sich bestreben, streben, suchen, manibus divellere nodos, Verg.: locum superare priorem, Verg.: praevenire, Liv.: civitati leges imponere, Liv.: tendit disertus haberi, Hor. – 2) einem Gegner gegenüber sich anstrengen, u. zwar: a) mit Waffen = Gegenwehr leisten kämpfen, summā vi, Sall.: vasto certamine, Verg. – b) mit Worten usw., für od. gegen etw. sich anstrengen, arbeiten, es durchzusetzen suchen, es durch fechten, sich bestreben, quod summā vi ut tenderent, amicis mandaverat, Liv.: cum adversus tendendo (durch Gegenvorstellungen) nihil moveret socios, Liv.: contra tendere, entgegenarbeiten, sich widersetzen, Tac. (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 4, 16, 14); u. so nequiquam contra Micythione et Xenoclide tendentibus (widerstrebten), Liv.: frustra cerno te tendere contra, Verg.: acrius tendenti (sich bestrebenden bei der Bewerbung) concessit, Tac. – tendit fovetque m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Verg. Aen. 1, 18. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., cum, ut delectum haberet, neque impetrasset, neque magnopere tetendisset, durchzusetzen gesucht hatte, Liv.: eo acrius tribuni tendebant (suchten es dahin zu bringen, bestrebten sich), ut plebi suspectos eos criminando facerent, Liv. – haud sane tetendere, sie stemmten sich nicht besonders dagegen, Liv. – m. allg. Acc. Pron., quid tendit? was müht er sich ab? was streitet er? Cic.: nihil illi tendere contra, entgegnen, Verg. – / arch. tennitur = tenditur, Ter. Phorm. 330.
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11 tendo
tendo, tetendī, tēnsum u. tentum, ere (altind. tanoti, dehnt, spannt, griech. τείνω, gotisch Юanjan, ahd. denen), spannen, ausspannen, ausdehnen, ausstrecken, I) act.: A) eig. u. meton.: 1) eig.: a) übh.: arcum, Verg.: chordam, Plaut.: retia, Hor. (u. alci retia, bildl., Prop.): plagas, Cic.: conopia, Prop.: vela, schwellen (v. Notus), Verg.: manus alci od. ad alqm, Caes. u.a.: manus ad caelum, Caes.: brachia ad caelum od. bl. caelo, Ov.: dextram, ausstrecken, Cic.: alci, gegen jmd. = hinreichen, Cic.: tenta ubera, die straffen, Hor.: pingui tentus omaso, dickvoll gefressen, Hor. - b) im obszönen Sinne, nervum, Priap.: alutam, Mart.: tenta dei vena (= penis), Prop.: dah. tentus, von einem geilen Menschen, Mart. u. Priap.: u. tenta, ōrum, n., das männliche Glied, Catull. – 2) meton.: a) aus ausgespannten Fellen, Tüchern usw. errichten, bauen, aufschlagen, praetorium, Caes.: cubilia, Hor. – b) mit Saiten, Seilen usw. bespannen, barbiton, Hor.: grabati restibus tenti, Lucil. – c) hinrichten, hinlenken, lintea (= vela) ad portus Pharios, hinsegeln, Prop.: oculos pariter telumque, Verg.: u. so sagittas arcu, abschießen, Hor. – iter ad navem, Verg., ad dominum, Ov.: tetendit deinde iter per Thracias atque omnes Geticos populos, Vopisc. Prob. 16, 3: u. so cursum, seinen Lauf richten, -nehmen, ex acie in Capitolia, Sil.: et unde et quo tenderent cur-————sum, Liv. – d) hinreichen, darreichen, parvum patri Iulum, Verg.: tu munera supplex tende, Verg.B) übtr.: 1) im allg.: alci insidias, Cic. u.a. – animum vigilem, anspannen, anstrengen, Stat.: ultra legem opus, straff spannen, schärfen, Hor. – sermone benigno noctem, hinziehen, hinbringen, Hor. – 2) hinreichen, darreichen, verleihen, praesidium clientibus, opem amicis porrigere atque tendere, Cic.: nobis honorem, Sil. – 3) nach etwas streben, etwas wollen, nusquam idem atque unum tendentes, Curt. 9, 9 (35), 14.II) refl. (mit u. ohne se) u. medial, A) übtr.: 1) (refl. ohne se) sich ausdehnen, als milit. t.t. = a) unter Zelten lagern, (im Quartier) liegen, -stehen (s. Nipperdey Tac. ann. 1, 17), Caes., Verg. u.a.: in isdem castris, Liv.: sub vallo, Caes.: extra vallum, Tac.: procul urbe, Curt.: seorsus a ceteris, Curt.: iuxta Dolabellae hortos, Suet.: Lugduni, Tac.: coartatio plurium in angusto tendentium, Liv. – b) sich in Schlachtordnung aufstellen, ante signa, Auct. b. Afr. 17, 1. – 2) (refl. ohne se) sich in seinen Bewegungen wohin richten, wenden, nach einem Orte streben, wollen, zu gelangen Suchen, gehen marschieren, a) v. Pers.: Venusiam, Cic.: Romam, Eutr.: in Indiam, Curt.: ad aedes, Hor.: ad alqm, Plin. ep.: ad od. in castra, Liv.: unde venis? et quo tendis? (willst du?) Hor. – b) v. lebl. Subjj., sich wohin wen-————den, simulacra viis de rectis omnia tendunt, Lucr. – nach oben = steigen, sursum tendit palmes, Colum.: levia in sublime tendentia, Plin.: poet. mit Ziel-Acc., aethera tendit fragor, steigt zum Äther empor, Lucan. – 3) v. Örtl., refl. (mit u. gew. ohne se) od. mebial = sich ausdehnen, sich erstrecken, reichen, quā nunc se ponti plaga caerula tendit, Lucr.: seu mollis quā tendit Ionia, Prop.: quā se campis squalentibus Africa tendit, Sil. – via tendit sub moenia, Verg.: Taurus mons ad occasum tendens, Plin.: gula tendit ad stomachum, Plin. – medial, ad caeli finem medio tenduntur ab orbe squalentes campi, Sil. – 4) v. der Zeit, medial, tendi, sich ausdehnen, sich verlängern, quamvis (dies) aestivis tendantur solibus, breves videbuntur, Hieron. epist. 130, 15.B) übtr. (refl. ohne se): 1) wohin streben, auf etw. hinarbeiten, ausgehen, zu etw. seine Zuflucht nehmen, zu etw. sich neigen, fich hingezogen fühlen, für etw. tätig sein, a) übh.: ad reliqua alacri tendebamus animo, Cic.: ad altiora et non concessa, Cic.: ad iurgium, Händel suchen, Ter.: ad sua consilia, seine Pläne auszuführen suchen, Liv.: ad alienam opem, Liv.: ad eloquium, Ov.: ad Carthaginienses, ad societatem Romanam, sich neigen zu usw., tätig sein für usw., Cic.: ad suum, sich für ihren Standesgenossen erklären, Cic. – v. lebl. Subjj., tenes quorsum haec tendant quae loquor, zielen, Plaut.: non dices————hodie, quorsum haec putida tendant, wohin zielen. Hor. – b) m. folg. Infin. = sich anstrengen, sich bemühen, sich bestreben, streben, suchen, manibus divellere nodos, Verg.: locum superare priorem, Verg.: praevenire, Liv.: civitati leges imponere, Liv.: tendit disertus haberi, Hor. – 2) einem Gegner gegenüber sich anstrengen, u. zwar: a) mit Waffen = Gegenwehr leisten kämpfen, summā vi, Sall.: vasto certamine, Verg. – b) mit Worten usw., für od. gegen etw. sich anstrengen, arbeiten, es durchzusetzen suchen, es durch fechten, sich bestreben, quod summā vi ut tenderent, amicis mandaverat, Liv.: cum adversus tendendo (durch Gegenvorstellungen) nihil moveret socios, Liv.: contra tendere, entgegenarbeiten, sich widersetzen, Tac. (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 4, 16, 14); u. so nequiquam contra Micythione et Xenoclide tendentibus (widerstrebten), Liv.: frustra cerno te tendere contra, Verg.: acrius tendenti (sich bestrebenden bei der Bewerbung) concessit, Tac. – tendit fovetque m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Verg. Aen. 1, 18. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., cum, ut delectum haberet, neque impetrasset, neque magnopere tetendisset, durchzusetzen gesucht hatte, Liv.: eo acrius tribuni tendebant (suchten es dahin zu bringen, bestrebten sich), ut plebi suspectos eos criminando facerent, Liv. – haud sane tetendere, sie stemmten sich nicht besonders dagegen, Liv. – m. allg. Acc. Pron., quid tendit? was müht er————sich ab? was streitet er? Cic.: nihil illi tendere contra, entgegnen, Verg. – ⇒ arch. tennitur = tenditur, Ter. Phorm. 330. -
12 lagern
lagern, I) v. r. sich lagern, a) von lebl. Subjj.: sterni. prosterni. – procumbere (sich legen, v. Getreide, z.B. anni tempore atque imbribus). – considĕre (sich niederlassen, v. Nebel). – b) von Menschenund Tieren: sterni. se od. corpus abicere. decumbere. procumbere (im allg.). – considĕre (sich. bes. auf der Reise, auf dem Marsche wo niederlassen, um zu rasten, bes. v. Soldaten). – castra ponere, locare, collocare, constituere (ein Lager aufschlagen). – sich hier u. da l. (von mehreren), discum bere: sich im Gras l., se abicere in herba: sich in der Ebene l. (v. Heere), in plano considĕre, castra ponere. – II) v. intr.in alqo loco consedisse (wo sich niedergelassen haben, z.B. in plano). – in alqo loco castra posuisse (wo das Feldlager aufgeschlagen haben, z.B. in plano). – in alqo loco tendere (seine Zelte haben, z.B. in angusto: u. sub vallo: u. extra vallum).
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13 aufheben
aufheben, I) in die Höhe heben: tollere. attollere. – levare. sublevare. allevare (aufhelfen). – etw. von der Straße au., alqd abiectum tollere: jmd. mit der Hand au., manu allevare alqm: sich au. lassen, se allevari pati. – den Fuß od. das Bein au, tollere pedem od. crus: die Hände au., manus tollere: die Hände zum Himmel au., manus ad caelum tollere od. tendere (im allg.); tendere manus supinas od. supplices ud caelum (als Flehender); manus ad caelum levare (als Betender): die Hand gegen jmd. au., manus intentare in alqm od. alci (in feindlicher Absicht). – II) = ausbewayren, w. s. – er ist gut aufgehoben, bene se habet (weil man ihm nichts anhaben kann od. weil er tot ist). – III) ergreifen: capere. – excipere. intercipere (auffangen, s. das. die Synon.). – opprimere (überfallen, Soldaten). – comprehendere. deprehendere (aufgreifen, einen Verbrecher). – IV) etwas in seinem Fortgange unterbrechen, a) beendigen: mittere. dimittere (z. B. convivium, senatum, contionem). – ein Lager au., tabernacula detendere (die Zelte niederlassen, abbrechen); castra movere, promovere, proferre (mit dem Lager aufbrechen): eine Unterredung, colloquium dirimere (plötzlich abbrechen). – b) beseitigen, abschaffen, annullieren, kassieren etc.: tollere (z. B. portoria, comitia: u. veteres leges novis legibus: u. discrimen inter malos bonosque), – abo lēre (nicht fortbestehen lassen, nicht mehr gelten lassen, gänzlich abschaffen, z. B. legem, decretum, testamentum). – abrogare (durch die Autorität des Volkes au., legem). – derogare [203] legi od. aliquid de lege (ein Gesetz teilweise aufheben). – obrogare legi (ein Gesetz durch ein anderes aufheben oder ihm wenigstens seine volle Gültigkeit benehmen). – inducere (ausstreichen, kassieren, z. B. senatus consultum, locationem). – dissolvere. resolvere (auflösen, z. B. diss. amicitiam, societatem, matrimonium, leges, acta Caesaris: u. res. emptionem). – rescindere (gleichs. Festgewurzeltes wieder ausreißen, z. B. acta M. Antonii: u. decreta sua: u. pactiones: u. testamenta mortuorum: u. foedus turpe). – refigere (öffentlich Angeschlagenes wieder abnehmen u. so für ungültig erklären, z. B. leges). – irritum facere (ungültig machen, z. B. testamentum). – einen Fluch, der über jmd. ausgesprochen wurde, au., resacrare alqm: etw. gänzlich au., funditus tollere (z. B. amicitiam, omnem religionem): plötzlich die Freundschaft au., amicitiam repente praecīdere (dagegen: die Fr. allmählich au., amicitiam sensim diluere). – mit jmd. au., cum alqo paria facere: miteinander au., *paria facere inter se. – Aufheben, das, - ung, die, I) das Heben in die Höhe: levatio (z. B. oneris); allevatio. – uneig., Aufhebens von etwas machen, iactare, venditare alqd: viel Au. etc., alqd mirifice extollere od. miris laudibus efferre. – II) = Aufbewahren (das), w. s. – III) Ergreifung: comprehensio (eines Missetäters, sontis). – IV) Abschaffung: sublatio (z. B. der Gerichte). – abolitio (das Nichtfortbestehenlassen, gänzliche Abschaffen, z. B. legis, sententiae, tributorum). – dissolutio (Auflösung, z. B. legum omnium: u. imperii). – die Au. der lykurgischen Verfassung, disciplina Lycurgi sublata.
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14 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. -
15 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,
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con-traho, trāxī, tractum, ere, zusammenziehen, beiziehen, I) vereinigend: 1) eig.: a) zusammen-, beiziehen = ziehend vereinigen, von lebl. Subjj., pituitam, semen, Cels. – mit in u. Akk., umorem in caput, Cels.: aquam intus in uterum, Cels.: in se caliginem, Plin.
b) zusammenziehen, beiziehen = versammeln, sammeln, vereinigen, gew. leb. Wesen (Ggstz. dissipare, dispergere), captivos, Liv.: agrestes, Ov.: serpentes, Plin.: muscas, Plin.: undique fontes, Ov.: iumenta et camelos a Susis, Curt. – dispersos cives in unam urbem, Val. Max. – v. lebl. Subjj., contraxit eos non officii modo cura, sed etiam studium spectaculi, Liv. – Insbes.: α) (als milit. t. t.) Truppen, Schiffe usw. beiziehen, an sich ziehen, u. (mit u. ohne in unum locum, in unum) auf einen Punkt zusammenziehen, vereinigen, konzentrieren, auxilia, Suet. u. Iustin.: exercitum, Vell.: copias, Nep.: equitum et peditum copias, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: praesidia, quae in Umbria sunt, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: naves circiter LXXX cogere contrahereque, Caes.: magnam classem, Nep. – copias subito, Nep., celeriter, Nep. – undique exercitum, Liv., omnes copias, Curt., naves, Liv., od. auxilia a finitimis, Iustin.: ex omnibus oppidis copias, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: ex finitimis regionibus cohortes ex delectibus Pompeianis, Caes. – auxilia in Graecia, Iustin.: copias ad Bononiam, Suet. – illuc od. eo suas copias, Nep.: onerarias naves ex omni Graeciae ora eodem, Liv.: Luceriam omnes copias, Cic.: Veios ingentem exercitum, Liv.: in una castra decem legiones, Vell.: exercitum od. impedimenta in unum locum, Caes. u. Liv.: omnes od. omnia in unum, Liv. u. Cic.: dispersos milites in unum, Sall. – veteranos in suum auxilium, Suet.: naves ad exercitum traiciendum, Liv. – β) zur Unterredung, zur Beratung, zur Versammlung zusammenbringen, versammeln, kommen lassen, Scipionem et Hasdrubalem ad colloquium dirimendarum simultatium causā, Liv. – domum fidissimos amicorum, Iustin.: praefectos copiarum in praetorium, Curt.: in unum omnes copias ducesque, Liv. – bes. den Senat (b. Cic. cogere), pauci tantum patrum, quos casus obtulerat, contracti a consulibus, Liv.: senatus (Romanus) edicto contrahitur, Val. Max.: c. senatum (= βουλήν) in gymnasio, Iustin.: decuriones, Plin. ep. – γ) zu einer Korporation vereinigen, verbinden, ii, qui in idem contracti fuerint, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 34 (43), 1.
c) einsammelnd zusammenbringen, zusammentragen, sammeln, omnis generis commeatum, Suet.: aurum, Plin.: exemplaria, Suet.: haec vetera (diese alten Schriftstücke), Tac. dial.: undique libros, Suet.: plures domos emptionibus per procuratores, Vell. – Insbes.: α) Früchte usw. zusammen-, einbringen, einheimsen, apes mella contrahunt, Plin.: venenum aliud ex radicibus herbarum contrahitur (vegetabilisches), aliud ex animalibus mortiferis reservatur (animalisches), Ps. Quint. decl. – β) Geld zusammenbringen, aufbringen, einnehmen, bes. als Erlös, c. pecuniam (Ggstz. erogare), Val. Max. – m. ex u. Abl., pecunia per quaestorem populi Romani ex praeda vendita contracta, Gell.: pecuniam ex viatico amicorum ipsiusque Caesaris, Tac.: ex pretio viridis olei plus quam multitudine mali nummorum contrahitur, Col. – m. Dat. (wozu?), pecuniam, quam tuae saluti contraxeram, Sen.
2) übtr.: a) Gemüter zusammenbringen, in der Zuneigung vereinigen, contrahit celeriter similitudo eos, Liv.: illa (Venus) rudes animos hominum contraxit in unum, Ov.
b) eines Verbindung zusammenbringen, herbeiführen, α) eine freundschaftliche od. verwandtschaftliche knüpfen, eingehen, v. lebl. Subjj., c. amicitiam, Cic. de amic. 48 u. (mit Ggstz. dissipare discordiam) Cic. de amic. 24: vinculum amicitiae, Val. Max. 4, 7 in. – v. Pers., c. matrimonium (Ggstz. matrimonium solvere, dimittere), Iustin. u. Suet.: affinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis, Vell. – β) eine geschäftliche Verbindung eingehen, abschließen, in etw. sich einlassen, rem, rationem, negotium, Cic.: emptionem ac venditionem, ICt.: res contractae, Verträge, Cic.: male contractae res, mißliche Umstände, in die wir verfangen sind, Cic. – m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter se, cum multis res rationesque contractae, Geschäfts- u. Handelsverbindungen, Cic.: c. magnam rationem cum Mauritaniae rege, Cic.: c. nihil cum alqo, sich mit jmd. nichts zu schaffen machen, Cic.: res inter se c. emendo, vendendo, mutuum dando, Liv. – u. ohne Objekt, is qui od. ii quibuscum contrahebat, sich (in ein Geschäft) einließ, Cic.: neque si tecum agas aliquid neque si cum altero contrahas, vacare officio potes, Cic.
c) einen Zustand jmdm. od. sich zuziehen, herbeiführen, verwirken, α) übh.: aes alienum u. aes alienum novum, Cic.: aes alienum in popina, Cic., od. luxu, Curt.: aes alienum cum creditore, Sen. – a nostra persona benevolentiam, von seiten unserer Person W. gewinnen, Cornif. rhet.: bellum, Liv.: alci od. sibi bellum cum alqo, Liv.: causas bellorum et bella, Mela. – causam certaminis cum alqo, Liv.: mortis sibi causam, Plin.: contracto iam inter Aetolos et Trallos certamine, sich entsponnen hatte, Liv.: clades suā temeritate contracta, Liv.: c. culpam, ICt. (u. so ea est contracta a nobis culpa, ut etc., Cic. ad Att. 11, 24, 1). – in maximis lucris paulum aliquid damni (v. Kaufhandel), Cic. – inimicitias domui, Quint.: plurimum invidiae alqā re, Suet.: numinis iram sibi, Ov. – aliquid litigii inter hos duos, Plaut.: lites, Plaut. u. Cic. – malum culpā, Cic.: molestias liberalitate suā, Cic. – necessitates ad bellum cum Romanis, Liv.: contrahitur mihi negotium, ich werde in Verlegenheit gebracht, Cic.: c. nefas celanda effando, Liv.: c. noxam, Schaden nehmen, Col. u. Apul.: odium hoc facinore, Vell.: tantum odium immoderati imperii crudelitate, Iustin. – incerti, morando an veniendo plus periculi contraherent, Liv.: conscientia contracti culpā periculi, Liv.: c. peregre habitando in singulas noctes tantum sibi reique publicae piaculi, verwirken, Liv.: c. sibi poenam, Hirt. b. G.: c. porcam, als Strafe verwirken, Cic. – c. rixam ex occursu, Vell. – v. lebl. Subjj., si mercatura quaestuosa in maximis rebus aliquid damni contraxerit, Cic.: apud Lacedaemonios virtus Alcibiadis plus invidiae quam gratiae contraxit, Iustin.: eiusmodi res et invidiam contrahunt in vita et odium in oratione, si inconsiderate tractes, Cornif. rhet.: si causae turpitudo contrahet offensionem, Cic.: illa, quae rabie contracta toleravimus, Sall. fr. – β) physische Übel zuziehen, herbeiführen, αα) an andern, v. lebl. Subjj., multorum dierum inopia contraxerat pestem, Iustin.: tristitia, quam videtur bilis atra contrahere, Cels. – ββ) an sich, sich zuziehen, v. Pers., stranguriae morbum, Plin.: cruditatem illic (dort = beim Mahle), Quint.: valetudinem adversam ferventissimis aestibus, Plin. ep.: dolor capitis vel vino vel cruditate contrahitur, Cels.: tussis multis modis contrahitur, Cels. – c. morbum ex aegritudine od. ex dolore, Iustin.: causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi, Suet.: saginam corporis et valetudinem oculorum ex nimia luxuria, Iustin. – v. Lebl., situm aut mucorem (v. Essig), Col.: ne situ penora mucorem contrahant, Col.
II) nach innen, verkürzend, verengernd, verdichtend zusammenziehen, 1) eig.: a) verkürzend zusammenziehen, einziehen, α) die Gliedmaßen usw. am Körper, αα) übh.: c. membrum (Ggstz. porrigere, extendere, Cic. u. Cels.: collum, cerviculam (Ggstz. tendere, extendere), Cic. u. Quint.: supercilia (Ggstz. remittere), Quint.: manum celeri motu (Ggstz. explicare), Quint.: tres digitos (Ggstz. explicare), Quint.: medium digitum in pollicem explicitis tribus, Quint.: digitos in pugnum, Plin.: crura, Ov.: brachia alci, für jmd. (um ihm Platz zu machen), Verg.: labra nimium, Cels.: rictum, Lact.: frontem, in Falten ziehen, vor Unwillen, Kummer usw. (Ggstz. frontem exporrigere, explicare, remittere; zuw. auch Ggstz. gaudere), Plaut., Cic., Quint. u. Plin. ep.: u. so vultum, Ov. – bina cornua, v. den Schnecken (Ggstz. protendere), Plin.: pinnarum oculos in acervum, v. Pfau (Ggstz. expandere colores), Plin.: habiliora sunt corpora, quae in arma (Rüstung) sua contrahi possunt (sich einschnüren lassen), quam quae superfunduntur (darüber hinausgehen), Sen. – u. se contrahere, sich zusammenziehen, sich verengern, zB. contrahit se millepeda tactu, Plin.: u. (Ggstz. se dilatare) tum pulmones se contrahunt aspirantes tum respiratu dilatant, Cic. – u. Passiv contrahi medial, sich zusammenziehen, sich verengern, nervi musculique contrahuntur (Ggstz. in suum locum veniunt), Cels.: contrahitur rictus, Ov.: cum spiritus (Atem) timore contrahitur, Sen.: u. Ggstz. dilatari, zB. stomachi partes eae, quae sunt infra id quod devoratur, dilatantur; quae autem supra, contrahuntur, Cic.: u. Ggstz. diffundi, zB. tumor frigore omni contrahitur, calore diffunditur, Cels.: und Ggstz. distendi (aufgetrieben werden), ovis sanguinariam herbam pasta toto ventre distenditur contrahiturque, Col. – contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor, Cic. de div. 2, 37. – contractum genibus tangas caput, so das du zusammengekauert mit den Knien den K. berührst, Hor. sat. 2, 7, 61: und so gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo, Hieron. epist. 53 (dagegen Hor. ep. 1, 7, 12 contractus leget, eingezogen, ungestört). – ββ) (besond. als mediz. t. t.) krampfhaft zusammenziehen, einziehen, bes. Passiv contrahi medial = sich zusammenziehen, sich einziehen, sich vor Krampf krümmen, sowohl momentan, saepe crura manusque contrahuntur, Cels.: ubi aegro crura contrahuntur, Cels.: contractis membris clamitans se vivere, Suet. – als dauernd, nervi qui contrahuntur, gelähmte Sehnen, Cels.: contracti aliquo morbo nervi, Cels.: recenti cicatrice contracti articuli, Cels.: contracti cruris aridi nervi, Sen. – Partiz. subst., contractī, ōrum, m., Gelähmte, Arnob. 1, 48. – β) andere Ggstde.: αα) übh.: appropinquante manu folia (v. einem Kraute), Plin.: arcum, spannen, Iuven. – ββ) als naut. t. t., c. vela, die S. einziehen, reffen, bildl. = sich im Glücke mäßigen, s. Cic. ad Att. 1, 16, 2. Quint. 12. prooem. § 4. Hor. carm. 2, 10, 23. – γγ) als t. t. der Baukunst, zusammenziehen, verjüngen, columnam, Vitr. 4, 3, 4 (vgl. 3, 3, 12 u. 4, 7, 2): pyramis XXIV gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens, Plin. 36, 31.
b) verdichtend zusammenziehen, α) Wunden usw., vulnera, cicatrices, Plin.: fibulae oras vulneris paulatim contrahunt, Cels. – β) den Stuhlgang hart machen, verstopfen (Ggstz. solvere), alvum, ventrem, Cels.: in senectute alvus contrahitur, tritt Verstopfung ein, Cels. – γ) Gliedmaßen starr-, steif machen, v. Frost, Todeskälte, gew. Partiz. contractus = starr, steif, digitus torpens contractusque frigore, taub u. steif durch Fr., Suet.: vermes rigore contracti decidunt, Col.: mori contractam cum te cogunt frigora (die Mücke im Winter), Phaedr. – u. v. Frost selbst, contracto frigore pigrae, träg von starren- der Kälte (von den Bienen), Verg. georg. 4, 259; vgl. pigrum est enim contractumque frigus, Sen. de ira 2, 19, 2. – δ) eine Flüssigkeit zusammenziehen, gerinnen machen, lac, Plin.: sanguinem, v. der Furcht (Ggstz. diffundere), Gell.
2) übtr.: a) räumlich zusammenziehen, verkürzen, verengern, diffunditur mare latissimum iterumque contrahitur, Mart. Cap.: c. castra (milit. t. t., auch mit dem Zusatz in exiguum orbem), Caes. u. Liv.: lacum, Plin. ep.: spatia orae magis magisque (v. Hispanien), Mela: contracta aequora iactis in altum molibus, Hor.: c. lucis iter (v. der Sonne), Prop.: orbem (v. Monde), Ov.: umbras (v. Tage), Ov.: horrida tempestas contraxit caelum, verengte (für den Augenschein) den Horizont, d.i. umhüllte, umnachtete den H., Hor. epod. 13, 1.
b) der Zeitdauer nach verkürzen, abkürzen (Ggstz. extendere), tempus epulandi, Plin. pan.: tempora dicendi, Quint.
c) Rede u. Schrift zusammenziehen, zusammenfassen, verkürzen, kürzer sprechen, kurz ausdrücken, kurz fassen (Ggstz. extendere, dilatare), poëta inusitatius contraxerat meûm factûm pro meorum factorum, Cic.: orationem aut ex verbo dilatare aut in verbum contrahere, Cic.: sit nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, Quint.: c. nomina, verba, Cic.: mollia vocabula et Graeca ad lenitatem versus contrahere, extendere, inflectere (v. Homer), Plin. ep.: ut breviter contraham summam, Quint.: rerum notitia in artum contracta, Vell.: c. praecepta in unum, Ov.: quaelibet ex iis artibus in paucos libros, Quint.: opus in minores gyros, Stat.
d) dem numerischen usw. Umfang nach in die Enge zusammenziehen, einschränken, beschränken, ermäßigen, α) übh.: c. universitatem generis humani eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere ad singulos, Cic.: ea contrahere in angustumque deducere, Cic. – u. scherzh., res tuae ita contractae, ut ›nec caput nec pedes‹, zusammengewickelt (= verwickelt), Cic. ep. 7, 31, 2. – β) Affekte: appetitus omnes contrahere sedareque, Cic.: cupidinem, Hor.
e) Gemüt, Herz, Mut einengen, beengen, beklommen machen, pressen, c. animum (Ggstz. remittere), Cic.: animum c. ac demittere, Cic.: cui non animus formidine divûm contrahitur? Lucr.: cuius non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae (kluge Einfälle) solvant? Sen. – u. übtr. auf die Pers., tum (sol) quasi tristitiā quādam contrahit terram tum vicissim laetificat, Cic.: ut et bonis amici (des Fr.) quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur, daß man sich (das Herz) sowohl durch das Glück des Freundes erweitert als durch seine Unannehmlichkeiten beengt fühlt, Cic.
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con-traho, trāxī, tractum, ere, zusammenziehen, beiziehen, I) vereinigend: 1) eig.: a) zusammen-, beiziehen = ziehend vereinigen, von lebl. Subjj., pituitam, semen, Cels. – mit in u. Akk., umorem in caput, Cels.: aquam intus in uterum, Cels.: in se caliginem, Plin.b) zusammenziehen, beiziehen = versammeln, sammeln, vereinigen, gew. leb. Wesen (Ggstz. dissipare, dispergere), captivos, Liv.: agrestes, Ov.: serpentes, Plin.: muscas, Plin.: undique fontes, Ov.: iumenta et camelos a Susis, Curt. – dispersos cives in unam urbem, Val. Max. – v. lebl. Subjj., contraxit eos non officii modo cura, sed etiam studium spectaculi, Liv. – Insbes.: α) (als milit. t. t.) Truppen, Schiffe usw. beiziehen, an sich ziehen, u. (mit u. ohne in unum locum, in unum) auf einen Punkt zusammenziehen, vereinigen, konzentrieren, auxilia, Suet. u. Iustin.: exercitum, Vell.: copias, Nep.: equitum et peditum copias, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: praesidia, quae in Umbria sunt, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: naves circiter LXXX cogere contrahereque, Caes.: magnam classem, Nep. – copias subito, Nep., celeriter, Nep. – undique exercitum, Liv., omnes copias, Curt., naves, Liv., od. auxilia a finitimis, Iustin.: ex omnibus oppidis copias, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: ex finitimis regionibus cohortes ex delectibus Pompeianis, Caes. – auxi-————lia in Graecia, Iustin.: copias ad Bononiam, Suet. – illuc od. eo suas copias, Nep.: onerarias naves ex omni Graeciae ora eodem, Liv.: Luceriam omnes copias, Cic.: Veios ingentem exercitum, Liv.: in una castra decem legiones, Vell.: exercitum od. impedimenta in unum locum, Caes. u. Liv.: omnes od. omnia in unum, Liv. u. Cic.: dispersos milites in unum, Sall. – veteranos in suum auxilium, Suet.: naves ad exercitum traiciendum, Liv. – β) zur Unterredung, zur Beratung, zur Versammlung zusammenbringen, versammeln, kommen lassen, Scipionem et Hasdrubalem ad colloquium dirimendarum simultatium causā, Liv. – domum fidissimos amicorum, Iustin.: praefectos copiarum in praetorium, Curt.: in unum omnes copias ducesque, Liv. – bes. den Senat (b. Cic. cogere), pauci tantum patrum, quos casus obtulerat, contracti a consulibus, Liv.: senatus (Romanus) edicto contrahitur, Val. Max.: c. senatum (= βουλήν) in gymnasio, Iustin.: decuriones, Plin. ep. – γ) zu einer Korporation vereinigen, verbinden, ii, qui in idem contracti fuerint, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 34 (43), 1.c) einsammelnd zusammenbringen, zusammentragen, sammeln, omnis generis commeatum, Suet.: aurum, Plin.: exemplaria, Suet.: haec vetera (diese alten Schriftstücke), Tac. dial.: undique libros, Suet.: plures domos emptionibus per procuratores, Vell. –————Insbes.: α) Früchte usw. zusammen-, einbringen, einheimsen, apes mella contrahunt, Plin.: venenum aliud ex radicibus herbarum contrahitur (vegetabilisches), aliud ex animalibus mortiferis reservatur (animalisches), Ps. Quint. decl. – β) Geld zusammenbringen, aufbringen, einnehmen, bes. als Erlös, c. pecuniam (Ggstz. erogare), Val. Max. – m. ex u. Abl., pecunia per quaestorem populi Romani ex praeda vendita contracta, Gell.: pecuniam ex viatico amicorum ipsiusque Caesaris, Tac.: ex pretio viridis olei plus quam multitudine mali nummorum contrahitur, Col. – m. Dat. (wozu?), pecuniam, quam tuae saluti contraxeram, Sen.2) übtr.: a) Gemüter zusammenbringen, in der Zuneigung vereinigen, contrahit celeriter similitudo eos, Liv.: illa (Venus) rudes animos hominum contraxit in unum, Ov.b) eines Verbindung zusammenbringen, herbeiführen, α) eine freundschaftliche od. verwandtschaftliche knüpfen, eingehen, v. lebl. Subjj., c. amicitiam, Cic. de amic. 48 u. (mit Ggstz. dissipare discordiam) Cic. de amic. 24: vinculum amicitiae, Val. Max. 4, 7 in. – v. Pers., c. matrimonium (Ggstz. matrimonium solvere, dimittere), Iustin. u. Suet.: affinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis, Vell. – β) eine geschäftliche Verbindung eingehen, abschließen, in etw. sich einlassen, rem, rationem,————negotium, Cic.: emptionem ac venditionem, ICt.: res contractae, Verträge, Cic.: male contractae res, mißliche Umstände, in die wir verfangen sind, Cic. – m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter se, cum multis res rationesque contractae, Geschäfts- u. Handelsverbindungen, Cic.: c. magnam rationem cum Mauritaniae rege, Cic.: c. nihil cum alqo, sich mit jmd. nichts zu schaffen machen, Cic.: res inter se c. emendo, vendendo, mutuum dando, Liv. – u. ohne Objekt, is qui od. ii quibuscum contrahebat, sich (in ein Geschäft) einließ, Cic.: neque si tecum agas aliquid neque si cum altero contrahas, vacare officio potes, Cic.c) einen Zustand jmdm. od. sich zuziehen, herbeiführen, verwirken, α) übh.: aes alienum u. aes alienum novum, Cic.: aes alienum in popina, Cic., od. luxu, Curt.: aes alienum cum creditore, Sen. – a nostra persona benevolentiam, von seiten unserer Person W. gewinnen, Cornif. rhet.: bellum, Liv.: alci od. sibi bellum cum alqo, Liv.: causas bellorum et bella, Mela. – causam certaminis cum alqo, Liv.: mortis sibi causam, Plin.: contracto iam inter Aetolos et Trallos certamine, sich entsponnen hatte, Liv.: clades suā temeritate contracta, Liv.: c. culpam, ICt. (u. so ea est contracta a nobis culpa, ut etc., Cic. ad Att. 11, 24, 1). – in maximis lucris paulum aliquid damni (v. Kaufhandel), Cic. – inimicitias domui, Quint.: plurimum invidiae alqā re, Suet.: numinis iram sibi, Ov. –————aliquid litigii inter hos duos, Plaut.: lites, Plaut. u. Cic. – malum culpā, Cic.: molestias liberalitate suā, Cic. – necessitates ad bellum cum Romanis, Liv.: contrahitur mihi negotium, ich werde in Verlegenheit gebracht, Cic.: c. nefas celanda effando, Liv.: c. noxam, Schaden nehmen, Col. u. Apul.: odium hoc facinore, Vell.: tantum odium immoderati imperii crudelitate, Iustin. – incerti, morando an veniendo plus periculi contraherent, Liv.: conscientia contracti culpā periculi, Liv.: c. peregre habitando in singulas noctes tantum sibi reique publicae piaculi, verwirken, Liv.: c. sibi poenam, Hirt. b. G.: c. porcam, als Strafe verwirken, Cic. – c. rixam ex occursu, Vell. – v. lebl. Subjj., si mercatura quaestuosa in maximis rebus aliquid damni contraxerit, Cic.: apud Lacedaemonios virtus Alcibiadis plus invidiae quam gratiae contraxit, Iustin.: eiusmodi res et invidiam contrahunt in vita et odium in oratione, si inconsiderate tractes, Cornif. rhet.: si causae turpitudo contrahet offensionem, Cic.: illa, quae rabie contracta toleravimus, Sall. fr. – β) physische Übel zuziehen, herbeiführen, αα) an andern, v. lebl. Subjj., multorum dierum inopia contraxerat pestem, Iustin.: tristitia, quam videtur bilis atra contrahere, Cels. – ββ) an sich, sich zuziehen, v. Pers., stranguriae morbum, Plin.: cruditatem illic (dort = beim Mahle), Quint.: valetudinem adversam ferventissimis aestibus, Plin. ep.: dolor capitis vel————vino vel cruditate contrahitur, Cels.: tussis multis modis contrahitur, Cels. – c. morbum ex aegritudine od. ex dolore, Iustin.: causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi, Suet.: saginam corporis et valetudinem oculorum ex nimia luxuria, Iustin. – v. Lebl., situm aut mucorem (v. Essig), Col.: ne situ penora mucorem contrahant, Col.II) nach innen, verkürzend, verengernd, verdichtend zusammenziehen, 1) eig.: a) verkürzend zusammenziehen, einziehen, α) die Gliedmaßen usw. am Körper, αα) übh.: c. membrum (Ggstz. porrigere, extendere, Cic. u. Cels.: collum, cerviculam (Ggstz. tendere, extendere), Cic. u. Quint.: supercilia (Ggstz. remittere), Quint.: manum celeri motu (Ggstz. explicare), Quint.: tres digitos (Ggstz. explicare), Quint.: medium digitum in pollicem explicitis tribus, Quint.: digitos in pugnum, Plin.: crura, Ov.: brachia alci, für jmd. (um ihm Platz zu machen), Verg.: labra nimium, Cels.: rictum, Lact.: frontem, in Falten ziehen, vor Unwillen, Kummer usw. (Ggstz. frontem exporrigere, explicare, remittere; zuw. auch Ggstz. gaudere), Plaut., Cic., Quint. u. Plin. ep.: u. so vultum, Ov. – bina cornua, v. den Schnecken (Ggstz. protendere), Plin.: pinnarum oculos in acervum, v. Pfau (Ggstz. expandere colores), Plin.: habiliora sunt corpora, quae in arma (Rüstung) sua contrahi possunt (sich einschnüren lassen), quam quae superfunduntur (dar-————über hinausgehen), Sen. – u. se contrahere, sich zusammenziehen, sich verengern, zB. contrahit se millepeda tactu, Plin.: u. (Ggstz. se dilatare) tum pulmones se contrahunt aspirantes tum respiratu dilatant, Cic. – u. Passiv contrahi medial, sich zusammenziehen, sich verengern, nervi musculique contrahuntur (Ggstz. in suum locum veniunt), Cels.: contrahitur rictus, Ov.: cum spiritus (Atem) timore contrahitur, Sen.: u. Ggstz. dilatari, zB. stomachi partes eae, quae sunt infra id quod devoratur, dilatantur; quae autem supra, contrahuntur, Cic.: u. Ggstz. diffundi, zB. tumor frigore omni contrahitur, calore diffunditur, Cels.: und Ggstz. distendi (aufgetrieben werden), ovis sanguinariam herbam pasta toto ventre distenditur contrahiturque, Col. – contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor, Cic. de div. 2, 37. – contractum genibus tangas caput, so das du zusammengekauert mit den Knien den K. berührst, Hor. sat. 2, 7, 61: und so gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo, Hieron. epist. 53 (dagegen Hor. ep. 1, 7, 12 contractus leget, eingezogen, ungestört). – ββ) (besond. als mediz. t. t.) krampfhaft zusammenziehen, einziehen, bes. Passiv contrahi medial = sich zusammenziehen, sich einziehen, sich vor Krampf krümmen, sowohl momentan, saepe crura manusque contrahuntur, Cels.: ubi aegro crura contrahuntur, Cels.: contractis membris clamitans se vivere, Suet. – als————dauernd, nervi qui contrahuntur, gelähmte Sehnen, Cels.: contracti aliquo morbo nervi, Cels.: recenti cicatrice contracti articuli, Cels.: contracti cruris aridi nervi, Sen. – Partiz. subst., contractī, ōrum, m., Gelähmte, Arnob. 1, 48. – β) andere Ggstde.: αα) übh.: appropinquante manu folia (v. einem Kraute), Plin.: arcum, spannen, Iuven. – ββ) als naut. t. t., c. vela, die S. einziehen, reffen, bildl. = sich im Glücke mäßigen, s. Cic. ad Att. 1, 16, 2. Quint. 12. prooem. § 4. Hor. carm. 2, 10, 23. – γγ) als t. t. der Baukunst, zusammenziehen, verjüngen, columnam, Vitr. 4, 3, 4 (vgl. 3, 3, 12 u. 4, 7, 2): pyramis XXIV gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens, Plin. 36, 31.b) verdichtend zusammenziehen, α) Wunden usw., vulnera, cicatrices, Plin.: fibulae oras vulneris paulatim contrahunt, Cels. – β) den Stuhlgang hart machen, verstopfen (Ggstz. solvere), alvum, ventrem, Cels.: in senectute alvus contrahitur, tritt Verstopfung ein, Cels. – γ) Gliedmaßen starr-, steif machen, v. Frost, Todeskälte, gew. Partiz. contractus = starr, steif, digitus torpens contractusque frigore, taub u. steif durch Fr., Suet.: vermes rigore contracti decidunt, Col.: mori contractam cum te cogunt frigora (die Mücke im Winter), Phaedr. – u. v. Frost selbst, contracto frigore pigrae, träg von starren- der Kälte (von den Bienen), Verg. georg. 4, 259; vgl. pigrum est enim contractumque frigus, Sen. de ira 2, 19, 2. –————δ) eine Flüssigkeit zusammenziehen, gerinnen machen, lac, Plin.: sanguinem, v. der Furcht (Ggstz. diffundere), Gell.2) übtr.: a) räumlich zusammenziehen, verkürzen, verengern, diffunditur mare latissimum iterumque contrahitur, Mart. Cap.: c. castra (milit. t. t., auch mit dem Zusatz in exiguum orbem), Caes. u. Liv.: lacum, Plin. ep.: spatia orae magis magisque (v. Hispanien), Mela: contracta aequora iactis in altum molibus, Hor.: c. lucis iter (v. der Sonne), Prop.: orbem (v. Monde), Ov.: umbras (v. Tage), Ov.: horrida tempestas contraxit caelum, verengte (für den Augenschein) den Horizont, d.i. umhüllte, umnachtete den H., Hor. epod. 13, 1.b) der Zeitdauer nach verkürzen, abkürzen (Ggstz. extendere), tempus epulandi, Plin. pan.: tempora dicendi, Quint.c) Rede u. Schrift zusammenziehen, zusammenfassen, verkürzen, kürzer sprechen, kurz ausdrücken, kurz fassen (Ggstz. extendere, dilatare), poëta inusitatius contraxerat meûm factûm pro meorum factorum, Cic.: orationem aut ex verbo dilatare aut in verbum contrahere, Cic.: sit nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, Quint.: c. nomina, verba, Cic.: mollia vocabula et Graeca ad lenitatem versus contrahere, extendere, inflectere (v. Homer), Plin. ep.: ut breviter contraham summam, Quint.: rerum notitia————in artum contracta, Vell.: c. praecepta in unum, Ov.: quaelibet ex iis artibus in paucos libros, Quint.: opus in minores gyros, Stat.d) dem numerischen usw. Umfang nach in die Enge zusammenziehen, einschränken, beschränken, ermäßigen, α) übh.: c. universitatem generis humani eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere ad singulos, Cic.: ea contrahere in angustumque deducere, Cic. – u. scherzh., res tuae ita contractae, ut ›nec caput nec pedes‹, zusammengewickelt (= verwickelt), Cic. ep. 7, 31, 2. – β) Affekte: appetitus omnes contrahere sedareque, Cic.: cupidinem, Hor.e) Gemüt, Herz, Mut einengen, beengen, beklommen machen, pressen, c. animum (Ggstz. remittere), Cic.: animum c. ac demittere, Cic.: cui non animus formidine divûm contrahitur? Lucr.: cuius non contractum sollicitudine animum illius argutiae (kluge Einfälle) solvant? Sen. – u. übtr. auf die Pers., tum (sol) quasi tristitiā quādam contrahit terram tum vicissim laetificat, Cic.: ut et bonis amici (des Fr.) quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur, daß man sich (das Herz) sowohl durch das Glück des Freundes erweitert als durch seine Unannehmlichkeiten beengt fühlt, Cic.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > contraho
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2. ad (altlat. ar, w.s., urspr. wohl at [vgl. at -avus ], gotisch at), Praep. m. Acc., bezeichnet zunächst die im Werden begriffene Annäherung, d.h. Richtung in der Bewegung u. Ausdehnung zu oder nach einem Ziele, dann aber auch die vollendete Annäherung, d.h. Richtung in der Ruhe = Nähe bei einem Punkte, deutsch zu, nach, an (Ggstz. in m. Akk.; vgl. Sen. ep. 73, 16: deus ad homines venit: immo, quod est propius, in homines), I) im Raume: A) eig.: 1) zur Bezeichnung der Richtung in der Bewegung und Ausdehnung: a) in der Bewegung, zu, nach, an, nach od. an... hin, nach od. auf... zu, auf... los, accedere ad aedes has, Plaut., ad flammam, Ter., ad Aquinum, Cic.: proficisci ad eum fundum, ad Capuam, Cic.: proficisci ad Syphacem, auf den S. losmarschieren, Liv.: venire ad Cn. Pompei castra, Cic.: venire ad alqm, zu jmd., Cic., auf jmd. los, Caes.: concurrere ad curiam, Cic.: reverti ad alqm, Caes.: transcurrere ad forum, Ter. – ire visere ad alqm, zu jmd., Ter.: ire ad hostem, auf den F. los, Liv. – spectare, despicere ad alqm, Plaut.: u. spectare ad orientem solem, liegen nach usw. (v. Örtl.), Caes.: u. ebenso vergere ad septentriones, Caes., ad Atticam, Plin. – ducere cohortem ad eam partem munitionis, quae etc., Caes.: ducere legiones ad hostem, auf den F. los, gegen den F., Liv. – mittere legatos ad alqm, Caes.: mittere librum ad alqm, an jmd. schicken, ihm widmen, Cic.: dah. ellipt. libri ad Rhodios (sc. missi), an die Rh., Nep., und auf Büchertiteln, M. Tulli Ciceronis ad M. Brutum orator u. dgl. – tendere manus ad caelum, Caes.: convertere simulacrum Iovis ad orientem, Cic.: vertier (verti) ad lapidem, Lucr. – beim Genet. v. Götternamen mit Auslassung von aedem, zB. ad Dianae (sc. aedem) venire, Ter. – in der Umgangsspr., bei Pers., bes. beim pron. pers., zur Bezeichnung der Wohnung, ad me, ad te, ad se, ad vos, zu mir usw. = in mein Haus (chez moi), Komik., Cic. u.a. – b) in der Ausdehnung, bis zu, bis nach, bis an, bis auf, ab angulo castrorum ad flumen, Caes. – a Salonis ad Oricum, Caes. – m. usque, dona usque ad Numantiam misit ex Asia, Cic.: ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum, Cic.
2) zur Bezeichnung der Annäherung, Richtung in der Ruhe = a) bei, an, vor, sedere ad latus eius, Cic.: iacēre ad pedes alcis, Cic.: u. iacēre od. esse ad meridiem, gegen M. (v. Örtl.), Varr. LL. u. Liv.: habere hortos ad Tiberim, Cic.: villa, quae est ad Baulos, Cic.: u. istos libros legit ad Misenum, bei M. = auf dem Landgute bei M., Cic.: pugna ad Trebiam, Liv.: ad Nolam proelium, Cic.: victoria ad Cannas, Liv. – adesse ad portam, Cic.: esse ad dextram, Cic., ad laevam, Plaut.: esse ad manum (s. 1. manus.), Cic.: manere ad regem, Liv., ad exercitum, Caes.: segnius bel lum ad hostes apparatur, Liv.: tantum esse nomen eius exercitus etiam ad ultimas Germanorum nationes, Caes.: ut esset ad posteros miraculi eius monumentum, Liv.: iactantia gloriaque ad posteros, Tac. – bes., esse ad urbem, v. röm. Magistratspers., die mit Gefolge u. Militärbefehl reisen u. an einem Orte ihr Standquartier aufschlagen, Cic.: u. esse od. remanere ad urbem, esse ad portas, v. Feldherrn, der mit dem Oberbefehle vor Rom weilt, aber als solcher in die Stadt zu kommen nicht berechtigt ist, Cic. – esse ad alqm, bei jmd. (im Hause als Besuchender) sein, Cic.: ebenso cenare ad alqm, Gell. – u. oft ad alqm = bei, vor jmd., zur Bezeichnung der Pers., unter deren Leitung, Teilnahme usw. etwas vorgeht (s. Brix Plaut. capt. prol. 49), excusationem quaerere ad Brutum, Cic.: ad iudicem agere, Cic.: ad tibicinem hostias immolare, unter Begleitung eines Flötenspielers, Cic. – ebenso ad alqd, bei, zu etw., zur Bezeichnung des Ggstnds., unter dessen Einflusse etwas vorgeht (s. Fritzsche zu Hor. sat. 2, 8, 32), ad vinum, beim W., ad lumina, beim L., Cic.: ad tibiam, zur Flöte, unter Flötenbegleitung, Cic.: ad lychnuchum ligneolum, Cic.: ad lunam, Verg. u. Hor.: ad lunae lumina, Ov. – b) an = auf, in (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 930. Halm Cic. Rosc. Am. 44), ad forum, Ter.: ad villam, Cic.: ad portum, Plaut.: ad aedem Felicitatis, Cic.: ad orientem, im O., Liv. epit.: ad omnia deorum templa, Cic.: u. so ellipt., ad Castoris (sc. aedem), Cic. – u. zur Bezeichnung v. Örtl., ad capita bubula, zu den O., Suet.: ad gallinas, Plin.
B) übtr.: 1) von der Richtung in der Bewegung, Ausdehnung: a) von der Richtung in der Bewegung: α) übh., nach den Verben, die ein Bewegen, Antreiben usw. zu etw. anzeigen, wie movere, commovere, mutare, ducere, inducere, impellere, hortari, adhortari, admonere, invitare u.a. (w.s.). – β) zur Angabe des Strebens und der Neigung, bei den Substst. cupiditas, aviditas, alacritas u.a. (w.s.). – bei den Adjj. avidus, propensus, intentus, acer u.a. (w.s.). – bei Verben, wie provincia summā contentione ad officia certans, Planc. bei Cic. – γ) zur Angabe der Bestimmung, des Endzwecks, der Absicht, zu, für, bei Substst. (bes. ad mit folg. Gerund. od. Gerundiv.), jedoch fast immer durch ein Verbum gestützt (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 138), mentis ad omnia caecitas, Cic.: ad auxilium copia, Ter.: ad narrandum benignitas, Plaut.: adiutorem esse ad iniuriam, Cic.: ne irato facultas ad dicendum data esse videatur, Cic.: occasionem ad rem gerendam fore, Cic.: argumentum ad scribendum alci deest, Cic. – bei Adjj., wie natus, factus, doctus, aptus, idoneus, utilis u.a. (w.s.). – nach Verben, wie adiuvare, conferre, facere, conficere, esse (dienen), pertinere u.a. (w.s.). – ebenso nach den Verben deposcere, decernere, deligere u.a. (w.s.). – oft ad id, dazu, deshalb, zu dem Zwecke, ad id fabrefacta navigia, Liv.: duae cohortes ad id ipsum (eigens dazu) instructae intus, Liv.: qui ad id missi erant, Liv. (vgl. Fabri zu Liv. 24, 48, 7 u. Hand Tursell. 1, 126). – u. quid ad rem? was macht das? Cic.: quid ad me? was geht mich das an? Cic. – dah. αα) bei Mitteln, bes. Heilmitteln, zu, für, gegen, quae sint animadversa a medicis... radicum genera ad morsus bestiarum, ad oculorum morbos etc., Cic.: remedium ad tertianam, Petr. – u. auch hier nach Verben, wie esse (sein = dienen), valere, posse, proficere u.a. (w.s.). – ββ) zur Angabe des Geschäfts, zu dem jmd. od. etw. bestimmt od. verwendet wird, zu, alere canes ad venandum, Jagdhunde, Ter.: servos ad remum dare, Liv.: argentum ad vescendum factum, silbernes Tafelgeschirr, Liv. – δ) zur Angabe der Beziehung einer Sache auf eine andere, αα) in bezug, in Hinsicht (im Hinblick) od. Rücksicht auf etw., hinsichtlich, in betreff einer Sache, gegen etw. (s. Schömann Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 155. Schneider Caes. b.G. 5, 1. § 2 u. 3. Fabri Liv. 21, 57, 6. Fritzsche Hor. sat. 2, 2, 108. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 97, 7. Nägelsb. Stil. § 122, 2), bei Substst., maxima praemia vel ad gratiam vel ad opes vel ad dignitatem, Cic. – nomina ad aliquid (ὀνόματα πρός τι), relative, Quint. – bei Adjj. (s. Wagner Ter. heaut. 370. Meißner Cic. Tusc. 2, 15. Holstein Cic. de fin. 2, 63. Müller Liv. 1, 4, 8. Fabri Liv. 21, 25, 6. Benecke Iustin. 25, 4, 3), insignes ad laudem viri, Cic.: impiger ad labores belli, Cic.: tutus ad ictus, Liv.: modestus ad omnia alia, Ter.: vir ad cetera egregius, Liv.: ad verborum linguaeque certamina rudes, Liv. – bei Verben, non comparandus hic ad illum est, Ter. – elliptisch, non ad Q. Maximi sapientiam, neque ad illius superioris Africani in re gerunda celeritatem, Cic. – ββ) im Verhältnis zu, im Vergleich mit od. zu, gegen, entsprechend (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 873. Halm u. Richter Cic. Verr. 5, 25. Madvig Cic. de fin. 3, 52. Meißner Cic. Tusc. 1, 40. Benecke Cic. Cat. 1, 12. Müller Liv. 1, 8, 4. Fabri Liv. 22, 22, 15), terram ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar obtinere, Cic.: scuta ad amplitudinem corporum parum lata, Liv.: quid ad primum consulatum secundus? Liv.: ellipt. (s. Sorof Cic. de or. 2, 25), at nihil ad nostram hanc, Ter.: quem cognovimus virum bonum et non illitteratum, sed nihil ad Persium, Cic. – u. bei Gegenüberstellung zweier Verhältnisse, quomodo od. sicut od. ut... sic od. ita ad, wie... so zu, quomodo est filius ad patrem, sic est filia ad matrem, Varr. LL. 10. § 41: est ad unum victoriatum denarius, sicut ad alterum victoriatum alter denarius, ibid.: ut unum ad duo, sic decem ad viginti, ibid. § 45: ut unum ad decem, ita decem ad centum, Quint. 5, 11, 34. – b) von der Ausdehnung und Steigerung, bis zu, bis auf, α) übh.: pulli usque ad cinerem ambusti, Plin.: usque ad mortem multare alqm, Ter.: virgis ad necem caedi, Cic. – ad extremum, ad ultimum, »bis aufs äußerste, äußerst = im höchsten Grade«, homo non ad extremum perditus, Liv.: consilium non ad ultimum demens, Liv. – u. ad ultimum, »aufs äußerste = wenn es zum Äußersten kommt«, Curt. – ad summam, »aufs ganze = im ganzen, überhaupt«, Cic. u.a. – β) bei Maßbestimmungen: decoquere ad tertiam partem, Varr.: scrobem ad medium complere, Liv.: ad plenum, Hor. – γ) bei Zahl- u. Geldbestimmungen: αα) zur Angabe des Eintreffens auf eine gewisse Zahl usw., bis zu, bis auf, eadem ad decem homines servabitur portio, Curt.: ad assem perdere, Hor.: ad nummum convenit, Cic.: ad unum (unam) omnes, alle bis auf einen, d.i. bis auf den letzten, Cic.: u. so bl. ad unum, Cic.: ad impuberes, bis auf die Nichtmannbaren, mit Einschluß der N., Caes. – ββ) zur Angabe der Annäherung an eine bestimmte Zahl bis zu, an die, nahe an, nummum Philippeum ad tria milia, Plaut.: quasi talenta ad quindecim, Ter.: (fuimus) omnino ad ducentos, Cic.: cum annos ad L natus esset, Cic. – dah. auch adv. (s. Fabri zu Liv. 22, 41, 2), occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Caes.: ad mille ducenti eo proelio ceciderunt, Liv.
2) vom Nebeneinanderstellen u. Nahekommen von Ggstndn.: a) zur Angabe der annähernden Ähnlichkeit (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 873), nach, ut emerem ancillam ad istam faciem, Plaut.: et idem alterum (quaero) ad istanc capitis albitudinem, einen Graukopf etwa wie du, Plaut. – b) zur Angabe dessen, was zu od. bei etw. noch hinzutritt, zu, bei, neben, außer, ad cetera hanc quoque plagam infligere, Cic.: quod ad ius civile pontificium appetatis, Cic.: hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam defuit, Caes. – nisi quid vis od. vultis ad haec, Cic. – dah. ad hoc, ad haec, »zudem, überdies«, Sall. u. Liv.: ad id quod, »außerdem, daß«, usw., Liv.: ad omnia, ad cetera, Liv. (vgl. Hand Tursell. 1, 125). – c) zur Angabe der äußern Veranlassung, auf, bei, auf... hin, infolge, auf Veranlassung, aus, vor (s. Müller Liv. 1, 39, 2. Fabri Liv. 21, 41, 3), respondere, breviter disserere ad alqd, Cic.: ad famam belli novas legiones scribere, Liv.: ad ducis casum perculsa magis, quam irritata est multitudo, Liv. – oder zur Angabe des innern Beweggrundes, auf... hin, aus, vor (s. Müller Liv. 1, 7, 7. Weißenb. Liv. 42, 20, 1), quae (urbes) ad spem diuturnitatis conderentur, Cic.: seu ad metum virium seu ad spem veniae cum dedissent sese, Liv.: in suspensa civitate ad exspectationem novi belli, Liv. – d) zur Angabe der Richtschnur, nach der etw. geschieht, gemäß, nach (Ggstz. contra; s. Drak. Liv. 7, 2, 10. Schuch Apic. 5. § 186), ad perpendiculum, ad lineam, Cic.: ad istorum normam, Cic.: ad voluntatem loqui omnia, Cic.: agere ad praescriptum, Caes.: ad edictum convenire, Liv.: ad manum cantare, ad hunc modum, auf diese W., Cic.: ad tempus, der Zeit gemäß, nach Umständen, Cic. (vgl. unten no. II, 1, b u. no. II, 1, a): ad verbum, wörtlich (zB. ediscere), Cic. (vgl. verbum no. I, b, γ): ad litteras, buchstäblich, Quint. 9, 1, 25.
II) in der Zeit: 1) zur Angabe der Ausdehnung bis zu einem Zeitpunkt: a) mit Rücksicht auf die dazwischen verfließende Zeit, bis zu, bis an, bis auf, bis gegen, ab consulatu eius usque ad extremum tempus, Nep.: ab initio rerum Rom. usque ad P. Mucium pont. max., Cic.: ab hora octava ad vesperum, Cic.: ab condita urbe ad liberatam, Cic. – usque ad hanc aetatem, Cic.: ad summam senectutem, Cic.: ad vesperum, ad multam noctem, Cic.: ad id tempus, ad hoc tempus, bis jetzt, bisher, Caes. u.a.: so auch ad id locorum, Sall. u. Liv.: u. so bl. ad id, ad hoc, Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 21, 52, 6): ad eum finem, dum etc., Cic.: quem ad finem? wie lange? Cic. – b) mit Rücksicht auf die Währung der Zeit, auf, für, ad exiguum tempus, Cic.: ad breve tempus, Plin.: ad paucos dies, Cic.: ad quoddam tempus, auf einige Zeit, Cic.: ad annos DC, Cic.: ad tempus, auf Zeit (nicht auf die Dauer), Cic.: ad praesens, Cic. 2) zur Angabe des Eintretens auf od. nach einem Zeitpunkt: a) zu, auf, an, nos hic te ad mensem Ianuarium exspectamus, Cic.: te Laodiceae fore ad meum adventum, bei m.A., Cic.: ad aestatem, Liv.: ad lucem, zum Morgen, am Morgen, Cic.: ad meridiem, Plaut.: ad vesperum, Cic.: ad diem dictam, Cic.: ad diem, Cic.: ad (an) eum diem, Tac.: ad praedictum tempus, Liv.: ad tempus, zur gehörigen Zeit, Cic. – ad extremum, Cic. u. Liv., ad ultimum, Liv., ad postremum, Liv., zuletzt (s. Müller Liv. 1, 33, 5). – b) nach, über, binnen (s. Lachm. Lucr. 2, 44. p. 79), ad annum tribunum pl. fore, Cic.: utrum illuc nunc veniam, an ad annos decem, Cic.: ad punctum temporis, binnen od. in einem Augenblick, Cic.: ad Kalendas Graecas, s. Calendae. – / ad seinem Pronom. od. Subst. nachgesetzt, quem ad, Plaut. Bacch. 176: quam ad, Ter. Phorm. 524: quos ad, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 10: ripam ad Araxis, Tac. ann. 12, 51. – od. zwischen Adjekt. u. Subst., augendam ad invidiam, Tac. ann. 12, 8.
In der Zusammensetzung bezeichnet ad ebenfalls eine Annäherung, heran, herzu, herbei, dabei, zB. accedere, adstare (astare). – dah. auch ein Streben, eine Neigung, s. ad-amo, ac-crēdo u.a. – eine Vermehrung, hinzu, zB. adicere, assumere.
/ Die Schreibung at (gegen Quint. 1, 7, 5. Prob. inst. (IV) 145, 8 sq. Caper (VII) 95, 14. Vel. Long. (VII) 69, 23. Scaur. de orth. (VII) 154, 15), zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1252; 2, 4514; 3, 536 u. 3.; in Handschriften, s. Ribbeck, Prolegg. Verg. p. 396. Wagner Orthogr. Verg. p. 426.
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19 audio
audio, īvī u. iī, ītum, īre ( aus *avidio; vgl. griech. ἀΐω, αἰσθάνομαι, altind. āvíḥ adv. »offenbar, offenkundig«), hören (Ggstz. surdum esse), I) hören = hörend sein, a) Gehör haben u. anwenden können (Ggstz. surdum esse), auribus parum audire, Cato: plus audire, Cato: gravius audire coepisse, Cels.: liquidius audire, Plin.: clarissime audire, Plin.: rectis auribus acutissime audire, submissis nihil (v. den Hirschen), Solin.: apertis atque integris et oculis et auribus nec videre nec audire, Cic.: propter imbecillitatem iam non audire aut non videre, Cels.: audiendi sensu carere, v. Pers., Cic.: audiendi usu carere, v. Ohre, Cels.: per quae foramina facultas audiendi est, Cels. – b) aufhorchen, sein Ohr leihen: PH. Dorio, audi, obsecro. DO. Non audio, Ter.: loquere, audio, Ter.: audisne od. audin? hörst du? Ter.
II) etwas hören = etwas mit dem Gehör od. (im weitern Sinne) durch Hörensagen od. Lektüre vernehmen, A) im allg.: a) m. Ang. was? od. wen? od. wovon? man hört, α) durch Acc.: vocem alcis, Plaut. (vgl. tum sapientiae vocem audire videar, Cic.): visi audire vocem, sie glaubten eine St. zu hören, Liv.: miseram me, quod verbum audio? Ter.: neque enim novi quicquam audieram, Cic.: quidnam audio? Ter.: quem ego hic audio? Ter. – omnes civiles dissensiones, non solum eas, quas audistis (von denen ihr gehört habt), sed eas, quas vosmet ipsi meministis atque vidistis, Cic.: Romanorum audivere, non sensere arma, Iustin.: u. so aud. clamorem, Caes.: galli cantum, Cic.: adventum eius, Curt.: saepe eadem et graviter, dasselbe eindringlich zu hören bekommen, Ter. – im Passiv durch Nom., man hört von etw. od. von jmd. (s. Nipp. Tac. ann. 4, 23), eo ipso die auditam esse eam pugnam ludis Olympiae memoriae proditum est, Cic.: missis levibus copiis, quae ex longinquo in maius audiebantur, die das Gerücht aus der Ferne vergrößerte, Tac.: legionum seditio audita est aliquando, Tac.: Iulius Largus nondum mihi visus ac ne auditus quidem, Plin. ep.: m. Dat. (von), exclamat, ita ut populo patribusque audita vox pariter sit, Liv. 8, 6, 4: u. im Abl. absol., hāc auditā pugnā, Caes.: auditis hostium copiis, Liv.: auditā mutatione principis, Tac. – m. dopp. Acc., te, ut spero, propediem censorem audiemus, Cic.: aud. alqm querentem, gloriantem, klagen, sich rühmen hören, Nep.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., tantum Camillus auditus imperator terroris intulerat, Liv.: occupaverat animus prior auditus, der, von dem man zuerst gehört hat, Tac.: hominum clamor, tubarum sonus multiplex auditur (wird als ein vielfaches gehört = vervielfältigt sich), Iustin. – u. im Passiv m. Dat. pers., cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae? wem sind nicht zu Ohren gekommen die N. des D. = wer hat nicht gehört von den N. des D.? Cic. Tusc. 4, 44. – Partic. Perf. subst., auditum, ī, n., das Hörensagen, das Gerücht, quin ego, cum peribat, vidi, non ex audito arguo, Plaut.: nihil habeo praeter auditum, Cic.: audito fuit eruditior, Vell. – β) durch Acc. u. Infin.: tintinnire ianitoris impedimenta audio, Afran. fr.: saepe hoc maiores natu dicere audivi, Cic.: se patrem suum audisse dicere mit zweitem Akk. u. Infin., Sempr. Asell. fr.: audiet cives acuisse ferrum, Hor.: et ego regem nostrum Cluilium causam huiusce esse belli audisse videor, ich glaube gehört zu haben, Liv.: cum Augustum Caesarem se ipsum in thorace linteo scriptum legisse audissem, den Aug. Cäsar sagen gehört hatte, Liv. 4, 20, 7: u. so (bei den Histor.) Abl. absol. audito, auf die erhaltene Nachricht, daß usw., zB. audito Q. Marcium regem pro consule per Lycaoniam cum tribus legionibus in Ciliciam tendere, Sall. fr.: audito Machanidam refugisse Lacedaemonem, Liv. – im Passiv m. Nom. u. Infin., Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syria, Cic. – γ) durch Acc. u. Partic.: non eum querentem quisquam audivit, Nep.: idque Socratem audio dicentem, Cic.: ut audivi Phameam mortuum, Cic.: nec ob id quemquam fulmine ictum audimus, Liv. – δ) durch indir. Fragesatz, zB. audin tu, hic quid ait? Ter.: audire volo si est, quem exopto, Acc. fr.: volo tamen audire (ich bin doch neugierig zu hören), quid sit, propter quod etc., Liv.: u. so quid igitur est? inquit; audire enim cupio, quid non probes, Cic.: audio quibus dis violatis expiatio debeatur, Cic.: velut patienter audiret, quis (= quibus) Clitus obterebat laudes eius, Curt.: ubi audivit rex, unde essent, Cic. – u. durch einen Satz m. quod (daß), Cic. Verr. 3, 80: m. ut (wie), Tac. hist. 1, 37. – ε) durch eine Umschr. m. cum od. dum, zB. saepe soleo audire Roscium, cum ita dicat etc., Cic.: auditus est certe, dum ex eo quaerit, Suet. – ζ) audio (ich bekomme zu hören, es heißt von mir) m. folg. dir. Rede: audies ›o virum fortem!‹ Cic. Tusc. 2, 32: audit continuo ›guis homo hic aut quo patre natus?‹ Hor. sat. 1, 6, 29. – u. audio alqm ( ich höre jmd. sagen) m. folg. dir. Rede, quam multas matres audivi illo tempore ›quidnam volui, quae peperi?‹ Sen. contr. 2, 5 (13), 3: ut audivi veterem convivam ›hic nescio quid boni debet esse‹, Petron. 33, 8. – b) m. Ang. wovon? = worüber? durch de u. Abl., illos, de quibus audivi et legi, Cic.: multa falsa de me audierunt, multa ad eos improbi detulerunt, Cic.: quod quisque eorum de quaque re audierit aut cognoverit, Caes.: rescripsi epistulae maximae; audi (brieflich) nunc de minuscula, Cic.: nihildum de reditu Caesaris audiebatur, es verlautete noch nichts über usw., Cic. – c) m. Ang. woher? = von wem? durch Advv., unde quidque auditum dicant, Plaut. trin. 218: is, unde te audisse dicis, Cic. de or. 2, 285. – od. durch die Praepp. ab, ex od. de m. Abl. (s. Madvig Cic. de fin. 1, 39. p. 81), laeti et audiere ab novo duce novum consilium, Liv.: e Davo audivi, Ter.: audivi a od. ex maioribus natu m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic.: quando hoc quisquam ex te (aus deinem Munde), Caesar, audivit? Cic.: saepe ex eo (aus seinem Munde) audivi, Cic.: non hoc nunc primum audit privatus de amico, reus ab accusatore, Cic.: quid est quod audivi de Bruto? Cic.: cum de te ex te ipso audiebam (durch briefliche Mitteilung), Cic. – quid ego ex te audio? u. quod facinus od. scelus ex te audio u. dgl., oft bei Plaut. (s. C. F. W. Müller Nachtr. zur plautin. Pros. S. 99 u. 117). – d) m. Ang. woher? = von wo aus? noctu audita (est) ex delubro vox, abstinerent manus, Liv. 29, 18, 16: iamque e Macedonum castris signorum concentus et totius exercitus clamor audiebatur, Curt. 7, 11 (43), 25: armorum crepitus et tubae sonitus auditos e caelo, Plin. 2, 148. – e) m. Ang. gegen wen? durch in m. Akk., quod se in eum audisse dixisset, weil er behauptet hätte, etwas Nachteiliges über ihn gehört zu haben, Cic. de or. 2, 285. – f) absol.: mane audi, Pacuv. fr.: se non audivisse (habe es nicht gehört), sed vidisse dicit, Cic.: audivi (ich habe es gehört) et credo, Ter.: recte audivisti, Plaut.: ut audio, ut audimus (parenthet.), Cic. u. Liv.: ades, audi paucis (mit wenigen Worten), Ter.: audi (schriftlich) nunc ad omnes (epistulas), Cic.
B) insbes.: a) hören, anhören, α) eine vortragende Pers., eine vorgetragene Mitteilung, audire alqm facile, Cic.: alqm lubenter studioseque, Cic.: alqm diligenter, Quint.: alqm attentissime, Cic.: a vobis sic audior, ut numquam benignius neque attentius quemquam auditum putem, Cic.: Rhodii cum silentio auditi sunt, Liv.: cum audiretur silentio M. Caelius tribunus plebis, Cic.: auditus est magno silentio, Cic.: quidquid tribunus plebis loquitur assuestis ae qui audire, Liv.: ne in senatu quidem ae quis auribus audiebatur, Liv.: non secundis auribus patrum auditus est consul, Liv.: eam sententiam haud ae quioribus animis quam ipsorum quondam postulatum Latinorum patres audierunt, Liv.: id Philotas haud iniquo animo audiebat, Curt.: litterae consulum ingenti laetitiā et in curia et in contione auditae, Liv.: ubi (Cicero) eo ipso anno adversus Antonium (als er seine Rede gegen A. hielt) cum admiratione eloquentiae auditus fuerat, Liv. fr. 48 H. (50 W.): m. Dat. (von), auctores signa relinquendi et deserendi castra non uni aut alteri militi sed universis exercitibus palam in contione audiuntur, Liv. 5, 6, 14. – v. Richter, anhören, vernehmen, verhören, aliis audientibus iudicibus, aliis sententiam ferentibus, Caes.: cum de vinculis educitur audiendus, Amm.: audire de ambitu, Cic.: servum, Suet.: dolos, Verg. – v. Schüler od. Zuhörer, jmd. hören, jmds. Vorträge besuchen u. etw. vortragen hören, über etw. einen Vortrag hören, Zenonem audivisse, Cic.: Polemonem audivisse assidue, Cic.: alqm Romae, Quint.: annum iam audire Cratippum, Cic.: cotidie ad audiendum alqm ventitare, Plin. ep.: audivi Metrodorum, cum de his ipsis rebus disputaret, Cic. – u. ponere iubebam de quo quis audire vellet, Cic.: ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo, Cic. – v. Fürsten, jmdm. Audienz geben, legationes, Suet. Vesp. 24. – β) eine Bitte usw., eine bittende Person hören, anhören, ihr Gehör schenken, sie erhören, bes. v. der Gottheit, alcis preces, Cic.: alcis vota, Hor.: puellas, Hor.: orantem, Ov. – γ) auf eine Pers. od. Sache, die eine Behauptung, einen Einwurf vorbringt od. enthält, beistimmend hören, ihr Glauben schenken, beistimmen (s. Meißner Cic. Tusc. 1, 65), nec Homerum audio, qui ait etc., Cic.: si vos audire vellemus, Cic.: si fabulas audire volumus, Cic.: u. absol., in der Formel audio, das läßt sich hören, ich glaube es schon, Plaut. u. Cic.: non audio, davon will ich nichts hören, Cic.: nil audio, ich will von nichts hören (will von keinem Einwand wissen), Ter. Vgl. Ruhnken Ter. Andr. 3, 3, 20 u. Ter. eun. 2, 3, 79. die Auslgg. zu Cic. Tusc. 2, 46. Bünem. Lact. 7, 3, 13. – δ) auf eine warnende, mahnende Pers. usw. Folge leistend hören, ihr Gehör geben, sie beachten, ihr Folge leisten, sich ihr fügen, m. Acc.: alqm amicissime monentem, Cic.: sapientiam, Cic.: te audi, tibi obtempera, Cic. – v. lebl. Subjj., neque audit currus habenas, Verg.: nec quae (sagitta) magis audiat arcum, Ov.: cornum maxime audit sorbus, carpinus etc., Plin. – m. Dat.: nam istis magis audiendum quam auscultandum censeo, Pacuv. fr.: improbo ac nefario homini ne auscultarent, sibi potius audirent, Apul. – u. so audiens sum m. Dativ, imperiis, Plaut. truc. 125. – in klassischer Prosa m. Dat. nur in der Formel dicto audientem esse, aufs Wort (auf den Befehl) hören, dem Befehle Folge leisten, gehorchen ( Order parieren), dicto sum audiens, Plaut.: dicto me emit audientem, haud imperatorem sibi, zum Gehorchen, nicht zum Gebieten hat er mich sich angeschafft, Plaut.: non fore dicto audientes milites, Caes.: aut eos, quos misisset, non paruisse, aut qui dicto audientes in tanta re non fuissent, eos vinctos potius quam necatos, Cic. – u. dicto audientem esse alci, jmdm. aufs Wort gehorchen, jmds. Befehle Folge leisten, vilicus domino dicto audiens sit, Cato: si potest tibi dicto audiens esse quisquam, Cic.: dicto audiens fuit iussis absentium magistratuum, Nep.: ne plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit, Liv. – b) ( wie ἀκουω) sich nennen hören, α) m. einem Nom. od. Infin., so u. so genannt werden, für den u. den od. das gelten, Matutine pater, seu Iane libentius audis, Hor.: rexque paterque audisti, Hor.: si divini puelli haec mater audierit, Apul.: Cenchreae, quod oppidum audit nobilissimae coloniae Corinthiensium, Apul.: si curas esse quod audis, Hor.: quod montem fodisse audit Amphitryoniades, Catull. – β) m. Advv., bene audire ( wie καλῶς ἀκούειν), gelobt werden, in gutem Rufe ( wohl angeschrieben) stehen; Ggstz. male ( selten graviter) audire (κακῶς ἀκούειν), getadelt ( gescholten) werden, in üblem Rufe ( schlecht angeschrieben) stehen, innocentes ergo et verecundi sunt, ut bene audiant et ut rumorem bonum colligant, Cic.: qui me idcirco putent bene audire velle, ut ille male audiat, Cic.: si erum insimulabis avaritiae, male audies, Ter.: erat surdaster M. Crassus, sed aliud molestius, quod male audiebat, Cic. – m. Ang. von seiten wessen? = bei wem? durch ab u. Abl., velle bene audire a parentibus, a propinquis, a bonis etiam viris, Cic. de fin. 3, 57. – m. Ang. wodurch? im Abl., quod illorum culpā se minus commode audire arbitrarentur, Cic. Verr. 3, 134: iterum falso crimine male audit, Sen. contr. 7, 1 (16), 8. – bei Spät. auch male audire in alqa (in bezug auf usw.), zB. in Maevia Galla nupta, Macr. sat. 2, 2, 6: in scortis, Ps. Quint. decl. 377 in. – c) übtr., als nachaug. gramm. t. t., α) etw. in dem u. dem Sinne hören, d.i. verstehen, ut Vulcanum pro igne vulgo audimus, Quint. 8, 6, 24: sic enim auditur ut depugnares, Quint. 8, 5, 12: hoc pro pleno atque perfecto auditur, Gell. 5, 8, 4: ut sic audias ›subruptum‹, tamquam ›certamen erit‹, Gell. 17, 7, 8. – u. β) (wie das spätlat. subaudio) etwas mithö ren = im Gedanken ergänzen, simul enim auditur coepit, Quint. 9, 3, 58. – / Ältere Form des Futur. audibo, Enn. tr. 277 (218): audibis, Enn. com. 4 (7). Caecil. com. 24 u. 113. Plaut. capt. 619 u.a.: zsgzg. Formen (vgl. Georges, Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 81 u. 82) audibat, audibant, Ov. fast. 3, 507. Catull. 84, 8: audin (= audisne), Plaut. mil. 1313. Ter. Andr. 865: Perf. audit, Prop. 4, 9, 39. Sen. contr. 2, 2, 8; 9, 4, 4 u. 10, 1, 13. Suet. Vesp. 19, 2. Tert. ad nat. 1, 7. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3. no. 37, 38, 39 u.a.: ganz gew. (s. Quint. 1, 6, 17) audisse, zB. Plaut. truc. 575. Ter. eun. 115: audisti, Ter. heaut. 685: auditin (= audivistine), Plaut. Pseud. 172: audistis, Ter. Phorm. 349: audisset, ibid. prol. 20. – audivistin (= audivistine), Plaut. Amph. 748 u. 752. – Im Bibellatein in versch. Bedeutungen m. Genet. konstr., s. Rönsch Itala p. 438.
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gradus, ūs, m. (gradior), I) der Schritt, A) im allg.: 1) eig.: militaris, Doppelschritt, Plaut.: praegrandi gradu, Pacuv. fr.: tardo gradu, Acc. fr.: gradum proferre pedum, Enn. fr. scen. 213: gradum facere, einen Schritt tun, Cic.: gradum inferre in hostes, anrücken, vorrücken gegen usw., Liv.: gradum conferre, handgemein werden, Liv., od. zum Gespräch (= eine Unterredung halten), Plaut. u. Verg.: ingentes gradus ferre, große Schritte machen, Ov.: gradum celerare, Verg., od. corripere, Hor., eilen: u. so gradum addere (sc. gradui), einen Schritt (rasch) nach dem andern tun, Liv.: gradum suspendere (gradus suspensus), s. sus-pendo: gradum referre, zurückgehen, Liv.: gradum sistere, Verg. u. Curt., od. sustinere, Ov., Halt machen: citato gradu se proripere, schnell usw., Liv.: pleno gradu (im Geschwindschritt) ad castra hostium tendere, Liv.: u. so im Bilde, ingressum pleno gradu non intermittemus, Trebon. in Cic. ep.: non gradu (schrittweise), sed praecipiti cursu (im Sturmlauf, Sturm) a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, Vell.: (spondëus) habet stabilem quendam et non expertem dignitatis gradum (Schritt, Gang), Cic. – 2) bildl.: a) der Schritt zu etw. (= Handlung, die einen Erfolg hat), primus gradus imperii factus est, der erste Schritt (zur Ausbreitung) unseres Reichs, Cic.: gradum fecit ad censuram, ist sogleich Zensor geworden, Liv.: gradus reditus mei, zu meiner R., Liv.: eo gradu via facta est ad consulatum, Liv. – b) der Anschritt = das Herannahen, quem mortis timuit gradum, Hor. carm. 1, 3, 17. – B) prägn., als t. t. der Fechtersprache, die von den Kämpfenden eingenommene Stellung, stare in gradu, Ov.: de gradu, stehenden Fußes (fechten usw.), Liv.: nescio, quid de gradu faciat, wie er zu Fuß kämpft, Sen. ep.: alqm gradu movere od. demovere, aus seiner St. vertreiben, Liv.: bildl., alqm de gradu deicere od. gradu depellere, einen aus seinem Vorteile verdrängen, aus der Fassung bringen, Cic., Nep. u.a.
II) meton., die Stufe, Staffel einer Treppe, die Sprosse einer Leiter (als Stützpunkt u. als Schrittmaß der Auf- u. Absteigenden), A) eig.: a) im allg.: gradus templorum, Cic.: scalarum gradus alios tollere alios incīdere, Cic.: alqm per gradus deicere, Liv.: per gradus decĭdere od. labi, Liv.: per confragosos scalae gradus decĭdere, Sulp. Sev.: per gradus saltare, von Sprosse zu Sprosse, Petron. – b) insbes., Plur. gradus = die stufenartig aufgebauten Sitzreihen der Schaugerüste, Tribünen für Zuschauer (spectacula) im Theater, subitarii gradus et scaena, Tac. ann. 14, 20: u. so im Sing., at Novius collega gradu post me sedet uno, sitzt eine Sitzreihe tiefer als ich, bildl. = er steht eine Stufe (im Range) tiefer als ich, Hor. sat. 1, 6, 40. – auf den Straßen bei öffentl. Aufzügen, Triumphen, spectaculorum gradus, Tac. ann. 14, 13.
B) übtr., die Stufe, Staffel, Abstufung, 1) konkr.: a) als t. t. des Landbaues, ein Spatenstich als Absatz, secundus vel tertius gradus, Col. 3, 13, 9: gr. soli crudi, Col. 4, 1, 3. – b) als astron. t. t. der Grad eines Kreises, Manil. 1, 581. – c) eine Runzel auf dem Gaumen des Pferdes (deren zwölf gezählt werden), Veget. mul. 1, 22, 11: sanguinem detrahere gradu tertio de palato, Veget. mul. 2, 4 Schn. – d) die Flechte des Haares, comam in gradus formare od. frangere, Suet. Ner. 51. Quint. 1, 6, 44: caput in gradus atque anulos comere, Quint. 12, 10, 47. – 2) abstr.: a) als musik. t. t. die Tonstufe, Stufe, sonorum gradus, Cic. de or. 3, 227: omnes sonorum gradus, Cic. or. 59: ab ima (voce) ad summam ac retro multi gradus (sunt), Quint. 11, 3, 15. – b) als gramm. t. t., die Stufe, der Grad der Vergleichung, gradus (Plur.) comparationis, Diom. 324, 16: gr. positivus, Prisc. 8, 8: gr. absolutus od. primitivus (der Positiv), comparativus, superlativus, Charis. 112, 15 sq. Diom. 324, 16 sq. – c) die Stufe, der Grad = die Reihenfolge, Reihe, α) übh.: tertio gradu (Grade) primores civitatis scripserat (heredes), Tac.: complectitur inguina cortex perque gradus (stufenweise, sukzessive), uterum pectusque, Ov.: renuntiatio gradus habet, hat ihre Reihenfolge, erfolgt sukzessive, Cic.: a beatis ad virtutem, a virtute ad rationem video te venisse gradibus (stufenweise, sukzessive), Cic. – β) die Stufe der Zeit, des Alters, gradus temporum, Cic. u. Quint.: gradus aetatis, Lucr. u. Vell.: omnes gradus aetatis, Cic.: inferior gradus aetatis, Varro: per aetatis gradus, Suet.: per omnes gradus aetatis, Suet.: pro gradu aetatis, Iustin.: opportunum quaerere gradum, einen gelegenen Zeitpunkt (zur Überfahrt nach Afrika), Val. Max. 3, 6, 1. – d) der Grad der Verwandtschaft, der Grad, die Stufe, der Rang, den jmd. in der Familie und in der Freundschaft einnimmt, gradus cognationis, Sen. rhet.: ex gradu hereditario, Inscript.: gradus a consortio coniugii exceptus, verbotener Gr. der Verwandtschaft (bei Verheiratungen), Ambros.: remotus iam deficientis affinitatis gr., Plin. pan.: necessitudinum gradus, Cic.: ille gradu propior sanguinis, Ov.: gradu cognationis alqm attingere, Sen. rhet.: nullo gradu contingere Caesarum domum, Suet.: a matre alqm artissimo gradu contingere, Suet.: gradus plures sunt societatis hominum, Cic.: gradum (Rang) filii habere apud alqm, Liv.: ab illo traditi ad hunc gradum amicitiae tuae ascendimus, Curt.: quo propiore gradu amicitiae me contingis, hoc maius est dissimulationis tuae facinus, Curt. – e) die Stufe, der Rang der Ehrenstellen, der Würden, gr. senatorius, Cic.: primus od. summus honoris gradus, Cic.: altior, altissimus od. amplissimus dignitatis gradus, Cic.: ascendere gradibus magistratuum, Cic.: altiorem grad um dignitatis ascendere od. consequi, Cic.: secundum gradum imperii tenere, Nep.: eodem gradu fuit apud Alexandrum, Nep.: suum cuique honorem et gradum redditum, Cic.: summum ad gradum claritatis venire, Laber. fr. – f) die Stufe, Abstufung von Zuständen u. Verhältnissen aller Art übh.: infimus fortunae gr., Cic.: nulli contumeliarum gradus, Plin. pan.: ut gradus essent ambitionis inter aequales, Cic.: oratorum aetates et gradus persequi, Cic.: an censes non eosdem gradus oratorum vulgi iudicio et doctorum fuisse? Cic. – / Archaist. Genet. Sing. graduis, Varro de vit. P. R. 2. fr. 5 (bei Non. 494, 17). – Dat. gradu, Lucil. 965. – Nomin. Plur. (nach der 2. Deklin.) gradi, Itin. Hieros. p. 587 Wess. – Akk. Plur. (nach der 2. Dekl.) grados, Pacuv. tr. 172. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 167.
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