(adjective) : contrō-versus, a, um, from the same root with contra; q. v. init.. *
* 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
* Trop.
* 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.
* = 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.)

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