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oppono
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(verb) : oppōno (obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 (
* Sync.: oppostus for oppositus,Lucr. 4, 150), ob-pono, to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
* Lit.
* In gen.: se venientibus in itinere,Caes. B. C 3, 30: huic equites,id. ib. 3, 75: turrim ad introitum portūs,id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27: Eumenem adversariis,Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.—To place or put before, to hold before: ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,id. ib. 3, 46: manum fronti,id. M. 2, 276: gallinae se opponant (pullis),Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: foramini oculos,to keep before the opening,Petr. 96: eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,represented, held up as,Cic. Sest. 19, 42: licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,offer, present,Hor. S. 1, 9, 76: oppositas habere fores,i. e. closed,Ov. H. 17, 8. —To apply, as a remedy: brassicam,Cato, R. R. 157.
* Trop.
* To expose, lay bare or open, abandon: opponere se periculis pro re publicā,Cic. Balb. 10, 26: Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,Liv. 21, 8: nudatas radices hiberno frigori,Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.
* In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege: pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,Cic. Quint. 14, 47: ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96: auctoritatem suam,id. Ac. 2, 20, 64: his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,id. de Or. 2, 83, 339: opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1: muri causam,id. Off. 3, 10, 41.
* In partic.
* To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction: quid opponas, si negem,Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8: non minorem auctoritatem,id. Ac. 2, 20, 6: iis opposuit sese Socrates,id. Brut. 8, 31: quid habes quod mihi opponas?id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.: ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.
* Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.): moles oppositae fluctibus,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: luna opposita soli,id. Div. 2, 6, 17: oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,Ov. M. 14, 47.—Trop.: Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,Cic. Font. 1, 3.
* Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n.plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (ἀντικείμενα Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.
* Sync.: oppostus for oppositus,Lucr. 4, 150), ob-pono, to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
* Lit.
* In gen.: se venientibus in itinere,Caes. B. C 3, 30: huic equites,id. ib. 3, 75: turrim ad introitum portūs,id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27: Eumenem adversariis,Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.—To place or put before, to hold before: ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,id. ib. 3, 46: manum fronti,id. M. 2, 276: gallinae se opponant (pullis),Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: foramini oculos,to keep before the opening,Petr. 96: eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,represented, held up as,Cic. Sest. 19, 42: licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,offer, present,Hor. S. 1, 9, 76: oppositas habere fores,i. e. closed,Ov. H. 17, 8. —To apply, as a remedy: brassicam,Cato, R. R. 157.
* Trop.
* To expose, lay bare or open, abandon: opponere se periculis pro re publicā,Cic. Balb. 10, 26: Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,Liv. 21, 8: nudatas radices hiberno frigori,Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.
* In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege: pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,Cic. Quint. 14, 47: ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96: auctoritatem suam,id. Ac. 2, 20, 64: his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,id. de Or. 2, 83, 339: opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1: muri causam,id. Off. 3, 10, 41.
* In partic.
* To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction: quid opponas, si negem,Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8: non minorem auctoritatem,id. Ac. 2, 20, 6: iis opposuit sese Socrates,id. Brut. 8, 31: quid habes quod mihi opponas?id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.: ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.
* Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.): moles oppositae fluctibus,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: luna opposita soli,id. Div. 2, 6, 17: oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,Ov. M. 14, 47.—Trop.: Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,Cic. Font. 1, 3.
* Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n.plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (ἀντικείμενα Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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