{
    "meta": {
        "serviceProvider": {
            "name": "Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanties, TELOTA - IT\/DH",
            "link": "https:\/\/www.bbaw.de\/en\/bbaw-digital\/telota"
        },
        "dataProvider": {
            "name": "Classical Language Dictionary",
            "link": "https:\/\/cld.bbaw.de"
        }
    },
    "query": {
        "self": "https:\/\/cld.bbaw.de\/api\/dictionary\/lemma\/controversus?language=lat&options=case-sensitive",
        "searchDate": "2026-07-07 20:43:11",
        "searchFor": "lemma",
        "searchTerm": "controversus",
        "language": "LAT",
        "options": {
            "strict": true,
            "case-sensitive": true,
            "regex": false,
            "simplified": false
        }
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "lemma": "controversus",
            "meanings": 1,
            "language": "lat",
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "dictionary": "Lewis Short",
                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "(adjective) : contrō-versus, a, um, from the same root with contra; q. v. init.. *\n* Lit., turned against, in an opposite direction (cf. controversia, I.; very rare): perticae,Cato, R. R. 43, 1: litora Isauriae scopulis,lying opposite,Amm. 14, 2, 3; cf. id. 22, 8, 2; 22, 15, 7 (al. contra versus).—Hence\n* Trop.\n* That is the subject of dispute, controverted, disputed, questionable (several times in Cic. and Quint.; elsewh. rare): sumere istos pro certo, quod dubium controversumque sit,Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104; cf. opp. confessum,Quint. 5, 13, 34; 5, 14, 14; 7, 1, 5: res controversa et plena dissensionis inter doctissimos,Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 52; so, res,Quint. 3, 5, 18; 5, 9, 2. auspicium, Liv. 10, 42, 7: jus,Cic. Mur. 13, 28; Quint. 7, 6, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 55, 3.—Subst.: contrōversa, ōrum, n., disputed or doubtful points: controversa confessis probare,Quint. 5, 14, 14.\n* = repugnans, repugnant, at strife: controversa sibi ac repugnantia (sc. terra et ignis),in controversy with themselves, opposed to one another,Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; cf. Aus. Ephem. fin. (The signification quarrelsome, litigious, is very dub., the reading in Cic. Brut. 12, 46, being undoubtedly corrupt.)"
                },
                {
                    "dictionary": "TLL",
                    "reference": "Thesaurus Linguae Latinae",
                    "source": "https:\/\/thesaurus.badw.de",
                    "description": "s. <a href='https:\/\/tll-open.badw.de\/de\/thesaurus\/lemmata#29997'>TLL<\/a>"
                },
                {
                    "dictionary": "TLL",
                    "reference": "Thesaurus Linguae Latinae",
                    "source": "https:\/\/thesaurus.badw.de",
                    "description": "s. <a href='https:\/\/tll-open.badw.de\/de\/thesaurus\/lemmata#29998'>TLL<\/a>"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}