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1 altercō
altercō āvī, —, āre, to wrangle: cum patre, T.* * *altercare, altercavi, altercatus Vargue/bicker/dispute/wrangle/quarrel; dispute in court; exchange conversation -
2 altercor
altercor ātus, ārī, dep. [alter], to alternate in discussion, dispute, wrangle: cum Vatinio, Cs.: inter nos, L.: in altercando par, a match in debate.—Poet.: Altercante libidinibus pavore, H.* * *altercari, altercatus sum V DEPargue/bicker/dispute/wrangle/quarrel; dispute in court; exchange conversation -
3 altercātiō
altercātiō ōnis, f [altercor], a debate, discussion, alternate discourse: Lentuli et Caninii: magnā de re cum Velleio: altercatione congredi, L.* * *contention, dispute, wrangle, altercation; debate, argument (law), repartee -
4 rixor
rixor ātus, ārī, dep. [rixa], to quarrel, brawl, wrangle, dispute: cum eo de amiculā.* * *rixari, rixatus sum V DEPquarrel violently, brawl, dispute -
5 alterco
alterco, āre, act. form for altercor (anteand post-class.), to wrangle, quarrel: cum patre altercāsti, * Ter. And. 4, 1, 28.— Pass.:ne, dum de his altercatur, ipsius negotii disceptatio proteletur,
Inst. Just. 4, 13, 10. -
6 altercor
altercor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [alter], to have a discussion or difference with another, to dispute; to wrangle, quarrel, etc. (constr. cum aliquo, inter se, and alicui with acc. and absol.).I.In gen.: cur illa hic mecum altercata est? Pac. ap. Non. 470, 7:II.Labienus altercari cum Vatinio incipit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:mulierum ritu inter nos altercantes,
Liv. 3, 68.—Once with acc.:dum hunc et hujusmodi sermonem altercamur,
App. M. 2, p. 115, 40: nimium altercando veritas amittitur, P. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14.—Esp., in rhet. lang., to strive to gain the victory over an opponent in a court of justice by putting questions for him to answer (cf. altercatio, II.):Crassus in altercando invenit parem neminem,
in crossexamining, Cic. Brut. 43.—Hence poet., in gen, to contend, struggle with: altercante libidinibus pavore, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 57. -
7 ambigo
amb-ĭgo, ĕre ( perf. tense not used), v. n. [ago].I. II.Trop., to wander about; to waver, hesitate, be undecided, to doubt, be in suspense (syn. dubito; class., but mostly in prose).—In this sense in Cic. either impers. or pass.a.Impers.:b.Quale quid sit, ambigitur,
is uncertain, Cic. de Or. 2, 26:omnis res eandem habet naturam ambigendi, de quā disceptari potest,
i. e. admits of arguments for and against, id. ib. 3, 29:ambigitur, quotiens uter utro sit prior,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55:de nomine ipso ambigi video,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10:adspici aliquando eam volucrem, non ambigitur,
it cannot be doubted, Tac. A. 6, 28.—Personal:c.cui rei primum occurreret, ambigebat,
Just. 29, 4:Alexandrum regnum Asiae occupaturum haud ambigere,
Curt. 3, 3; Tac. A. 12, 65:causa, de quā tu ambigis,
Gell. 14, 2:ambigebant de illis,
Vulg. Act. 5, 24.—Pass.:III.ambigitur status, in quo etc.,
Lucr. 3, 1074:in eo jure, quod ambigitur inter peritissimos,
of which there is a doubt, Cic. de Or. 1, 57; 2, 24:in eis causis, quae propter scriptum ambiguntur,
id. ib. 2, 26.—Transf.A.To argue, debate about something:B.ut inter eos, qui ambigunt, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo agatur,
Cic. Fin. 2, 2:ambigere de vero,
id. Or. 36.—To contend, dispute, wrangle, etc.: vicini nostri ambigunt de finibus, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90:ambigunt agnati cum eo, qui est heres,
Cic. Inv. 2, 42:de fundo,
id. Caecin. 8:de hereditate,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 45:de regno,
Liv. 40, 15. -
8 rixor
I.Lit. (rare but class.):II.multo cum sanguine saepe rixantes,
Lucr. 6, 1286: cum esset cum eo de amiculā rixatus, * Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240:de lanā caprinā,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15. — Absol.:non pugnat sed rixatur (orator),
Tac. Or. 26:rixantis modo,
Quint. 11, 3, 172; 6, 4, 9.—Transf., in gen., to oppose; to clash, disagree, conflict:(herbae) dum tenerae sunt vellendae, prius enim aridae factae rixantur,
i. e. offer resistance, Varr. R. R. 1, 47:rami arborum inter se,
i. e. to grow across each other, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6:consonantes asperiores in commissura verborum rixantur,
Quint. 9, 4, 37:cum ore concurrente rixari,
id. 11, 3, 121 (for which, colluctatio); id. 11, 3, 121, § 56:cum theatro saeculoque,
Mart. 9, 27, 9:dum inter se non rixentur cupiditas et timor,
Sen. Ep. 56, 5.► Act. collat. form rixo, āre, Varr. ap. Non. 477, 22 sq. -
9 vitilitigo
vĭtĭlītĭgo, āre, v. n. [vitium-litigo], to quarrel disgracefully, to brawl, wrangle to abuse, calumniate: scio ego, quae scripta sunt, si palam proferantur, multos fore qui vitilitigent, Cato ap. Plin. praef. § 30; cf. vitilitigator.
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