contraria
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contrarium, contrarii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
opposite (quantity), reverse/contrary (fact/argument); argument from contraries;; opposite direction; antithesis; contrast; [ex ~ => on the contrary/other hand];
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →contrarius, contraria, contrarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
opposite, contrary, in contradiction; antithetical; opposed/hostile/adverse;; incompatible; reversed, inverted; reciprocal, mutual; counterbalancing;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tempora laeta refugit, 20siue per ambages solitas contraria uisisuaticinata quies magni tulit omina planctus,seu uetito patrias ultra..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...moles hosti seque ipse minatur.nunc sude nunc duro contraria pectora contodetrudit muris, et ualli summa tenentis 175amputat ense..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Ganges, toto qui solus in orbe 230ostia nascenti contraria soluere Phoeboaudet et aduersum fluctus inpellit in Eurum..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...75astra petent, tellus extendere litora noletexcutietque fretum, fratri contraria Phoebeibit et obliquum bigas agitare per orbemindignata diem poscet..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...erit aliterve conmissum, res fiet ridiculae atrocitatis, ut contraria actio mutuae talionis oriatur et adolescat infinita quaedam reciprocatio..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...significare et capere possent duas inter se res contrarias. Ex quibus quaedam satis nota sunt, ut 'tempestas', 'ualitudo..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...ista verba "properare" et "maturare" tamquam plane contraria scitissime separavit in hisce versibus: frigidus agricolam si quando continent..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...exurgens ad summa pericula clamor, uotaque sollicitis faciens contraria nautis conposita in mortem iacuit fauitque procellis. prima ratem..."
