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
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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...erit aliterve conmissum, res fiet ridiculae atrocitatis, ut contraria actio mutuae talionis oriatur et adolescat infinita quaedam reciprocatio..."Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...significare et capere possent duas inter se res contrarias. Ex quibus quaedam satis nota sunt, ut 'tempestas', 'ualitudo..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...ista verba "properare" et "maturare" tamquam plane contraria scitissime separavit in hisce versibus: frigidus agricolam si quando continent..."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..."
