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Quintil. Ponuntur h® quoque in secun- 
do Ciceronis de Oratore libro contradic- 
tiones: artem esse, &c. Id. In schola 
nbi nobis ipsi fingimus contradictiqnem. 
Id. Coritradictione uti qui possumus, 
ubi adversarius adhuc nihil dixerit ? re- 
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ply to objections. 
'oNTRaDiCTOR (Id.), oris 
_ x —,, oris, m. one who 
3 contradicts, an objector, for instance in 
forensic controversies. Pandect. 
CoNTRaDICTOS, a, um, particip. from 
contradico. 
CoNTRaDS (con & trade), is, a. 3. Lu- 
cret. Fidem dictis contradere nostris, 
h. e. procure, get. Alii leg. conradere. 
CoNTRA£5 (contra & eo), is, ivi, itun>„ 
3 n. to oppose. Tacit. Sentential Cassii 
nemo units contraire ausus est. 
C6NTRXH5 (con &traho), is, xi, ctum, 
a. 3. to draw together, bring together, as¬ 
semble at one point, unite together, collect, 
£jr«nrd&), avoreWo), avWiy in. Cic. 
Ainicitia omnia contrahit, discordia dis- 
sipat. Pompei. in Cic. Ep. Disjecta 
manu non possumus ; contractis copiis 
spero., Cars. Contrahere exercitum in 
unum locum. Id. cohortes ex finitimis 
regionibus. Nepos. magnam classem. 
IAo. aliquos in (al. leg. ad) colloquium 
dirimendarum simultatum causa. Plin. 
aurum, to heap up. Qcll. Pecunia ex 
pneda contracta. Plin. mella. Id. (of 
the peacock) pennarum oculos. Id. in 
acervum. Ocll. Pudor sanguinem dif- 
fundit, timor contrahit. Vellei. domos 
complures emtionibus. — Also, to draio 
together to one’s self, to attract, collect. 
PUn. Balsamum contrahit muscas. Id. 
Contrahit in se caliginem, draws. — 
Hence, to draw to one’s self, to contract, 
take on. Colum. mucorem situ. Plin. 
morbum. Quintil. cruditatem. Cels. 
semen, h. e. creare-IT Hence, to in¬ 
cur, contract, fall into, take on one’s self. 
enter into. Cic. Contrahere molestias. 
II damnum. Liv. nefas, to commit. 
Sucton. pi urim um invidi®, to incur. Liv. 
cladem, to sustain. Cic. ®s alienum, to 
contract Liv. certamen cum classe hos- 
tiuin, to join, engage in. Cic. Porcam 
contrahere, to commit any act which is to 
be expiated by the sacrifice of a sow. _ 
Contrahere rem, to undertake, execute, 
transact. Cic. Quern admodum res ges- 
ta et contracta sit. Id. Rebus male 
contractis— In pecuniary transactions, 
Contrahere rem, negotium, &c. cum 
altquo, to strike a bargain, make a con¬ 
tract, negotiate, conclude, connect one’s 
self with. Cic. Qui conducunt, locant, 
contrahendisque negotiis implicantur. 
la. Cum tllo nemo rem ullam contrahe- 
OM, made a contract, negotiated. Cic. 
rviitlta? cum multis res rationesque con¬ 
tract®, h. e. money transactions. Id. lle- 
rum contractarum fides, of contracts or 
agreements. So, Pandect, emptionem, 
vendtttonem, permutationem, h. e. to 
conclude. Sucton. matrimonia. So, ab- 
ol. fie. Cum res ab eo, quicum con- 
traxisset {sc. societatem), recessisset, 
laid associated himself. Pandect. Cum 
essem tibi contracturus, for tecum. — 
u Qui contrahebant (without 
in }' Q® nce > Qui nihil cum popu- 
wVi° ntr: J^ unt ’ e • l lave nothing to do 
mtt, seek no honors. — Also, to cause, 
Z J{ r } n S about, make. Plant, ali- 
quid htign inter eos. Liv. Qui contrax- 
a ,»?, tlnis (daL '> cum Carthagini- 
®„ ns bus - bo , u . m - Cic. negotium alicui, 
oianiin 5i0n -^ m trouble. Liv. magnum 
iuaculum sibi to bring on himself, to in- 
Si in v i ld ‘ Slbi iram numinis. Cic. 
n«m P1 l Ud ° causje contrahet offensio- 
invidt,^ ad Hcrenn - Ejusmodi res 
C 0nt d ra I? c ?ntrahunt in vita. Vellei. 
Contracta nxa ex occursu_IT Also, 
inhZ 0 to £f? ler ’ Ik e - to contract, bring 
Contrnh!*® ^ com P ass > dra ™ in. Cces. 
occunta n CflStra (because il was ^ 
troons A 7 a smaller number of 
asnirantn ^ <C v/ u A mones se contrahunt 
Porriffif 163 ' M ‘ ° mne animal membra 
tactu S rnnt C T rahlt - Plin - Millepeda 
cnin C ,° n ! ra iens se - Ovid. Contrahere 
Sn r ° d Z lun ln i 1,1 order to make room. 
™?° ntr; J he F e frontem, to frown. 
rum Ve , a ’ CC Juvenal, ar- 
nam a dra ™’sketch. Vitruv. colum- 
Also, FVin. Contrahere vulnera, 
to close. So, Id. cicatrices. — Hence, 
to shorten, curtail, abridge, lessen, dimin¬ 
ish. Propert. Phcebe, contrahe lucis iter. 
Cic. orationem. Id. nomina. Quintil. 
tempus dicendi. — Also, to check, stop, 
restrain. Cic. Appetitus omnes contra 
hendi. PUn. vomitiones. — Also, Plin 
Contrahere lac, h. e. to curdle. — Also, 
of the mind, to depress, disqririt, break 
down. Cic. Te rogo, ne contrahas ani- 
mum, not to lose your spirits. Id. Sol 
recedendo quasi tristitia quadam con¬ 
trahit terram-II See, also, Contrac¬ 
tus, a, um. 
CoATRaPoNS (contra & pono), is, osui, 
I ositum, a. 3. to place opposite. Hence, 
Quintil. Contrapositum, i, n. a figure of 
rhetoric, same as antithesis. Id. (ubi de 
contraposito loquitur. ) Nec semper quod 
adversum est, contraponitur. — With 
the dative. Tertull. Spiritus contraponat 
sibi et carni, acerba licet ista, a multis 
tamen ®quo animo excepta. 
CoNTRaRIe (coutrarius), adverb, con- 
1 trarily, contrariwise , ivavriios. Cic. Par- 
tit. 31. Alio se eadem de re contrarie 
scripto defendere. But, Id. Orat. 1. 31. 
In quo (scripto) aut ambigue quid sit 
scriptum, aut contrarie, contradictorily, 
not consistently. Id. Ornant orationem 
verba relata contrarie, h. e. antitheta. 
Id. Sidera contrarie procedentia, in the 
opposite^ direction. 
CoNIRaRIETaS (Td.), atis, f. contra- 
3 riety, opposition. Macrob. 
CoNTRaRIo (Id.), adverb, on the con¬ 
trary, on the other hand, evavria);. JVe- 
pos and Vitruv. 
CoNTKaRIOS (contra), a, um, adj. oppo¬ 
site, contrary, at variance with, repugnant, 
iyavrios. Cic. Non modo non cohsren- 
tia inter se diceres, sed rnaxime disjunc- 
ta atque contraria. Id. Monstrum ex con- 
trariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus 
naturie studiis condatum. Pliaidr. satpe, 
quos ipse alueris, Tibi inveniri rnaxime 
contrarios, inimical, hostile. Vitruv. 
Contrarii (absol.) in the same sense. 
Vzrr. Contrariis diis, h. c. infestis, ira- 
tis. Plin. Contrario amne, against the 
stream. Id. In contrarium nantes. Sue- 
ton. Fossam latitudinis, qua contrari® 
quinqueremes commearent, one at a time 
in both directions. Plin. Concurrentia 
tecta contrario ictu arietant, one against 
the other. — Also witii the genitive. 
Cic. Vitia, qua; sunt virtutum contraria, 
the opposites. Id. Quie omnia uti con¬ 
traria rerum bonarum, in rebus vitan- 
dis reponemus. — Followed by ac, atquc, 
quam ; quite different from, opposite to. 
Cic. Contrarium decernebat, ae paulo 
ante decreverat. Id. Versantur retro 
contrario motu, atque crnlum. —E or ex 
contrario, on the contrary, on the other 
hand. JYepos. Ipse ubi affuit, nnnquam 
host) cessit: smpeque e contrario, occa- 
sione data, lacessivit. Cic. Defensor 
autem ex contrario primum dicet, &c. 
(See, also, Contrario.) So, Pandect. Per 
contrarium. — Ex contraria parte, on the 
other hand, on the opposite side. Cic. Par 
numerus (rerutn) vitandarum ex con¬ 
traria parte. — In contrariam partem, or 
in contrarium, on the opposite side, on the 
contrary, to the opposite effect. Cic. and 
Plin. — In contrarias partes, on both 
sides, pro and con. Cic. disputare or dis 
serere. So, Virg. Vocant animum in 
contraria, call it in opposite directions, 
distract it. — Also, Contrarius, hurtful, 
injurious. Cces. Otium contrarium. 
Plin. Lactis usus contrarius capitis do- 
loribus. Colum. Id facere contrarium 
PSt.- IT Also, opposite to, lying over 
against. Cces. Collis adversus huic et 
contrarius. Pandect. Contraria ripa. 
Plin. Quatuor inter se contrarias urbes 
liabet, h. e. two on one side opposite re¬ 
spectively to two on the other. Id. Si pel- 
les hyen® et panther® contrari® suspen- 
dantur, opposite to each other. -H Al¬ 
so, mutual, reciprocal. Liv. Contrario 
ictu uterque confixus. Tacit. Contra¬ 
ria vulnera. - II Contrarium, an or¬ 
nament, or figure of speech, whereby an ar¬ 
gument is drawn from the discrepancy of 
descripsimus, h. c. idem simul scriben- 
te, ypdq>ovTos rd ’iaov. Others read, 
contra scribcnte. — Hence, Contrascrip- 
tor, oris, m. a controller, notary, clerk, 
or the like. Inscript. 
CoN 1 RaSCRIPTIJIVI (contra & scrip- 
turn), i, n. a reply, answer, rejoinder. 
Cic. But others read differently. 
CoNTRaV 2N!S (contra & venio), eni, 
entum, diravTw. Cces. Hoc animo, ut 
si qui ex parte contraveniretur, acie in- 
structa depugnarent-II This word, 
however, should here and always be 
written separately. 
CoNTRaVeRSIeNS (contra & verto) 
tis, h. c. repugnans, obsistens. Au¬ 
gustin. 
CON I Ra VeRSOS (contra & versus) a 
3 um, adject, turned the contrary way. \m-V 
positc to. Solin. Africa promontorio v 1 
contraversa. — Hence, Contraversum, ‘' 
aciv. on the contrary, on the other hand. % 
Solin. 
CoNTReCTaRILIS (contrecto), e, ad- ' 
ject-tAot may be felt or handled. Lactant. >. 
CoN i IIeCPaBILITER (c ntrectabilis),.’, 
oadveib, so as to be felt or perceived, f 
Lucrct. 
CONTRSCTATrS (contrec'.o), onis, f. a 
I feeling, handling. Cic. Cur non gesti- 
ret taurus equ® contrectatione, equus 
vacc® ?-H Also, the carrying away 
of any thing with the intcnti“n of stealing 
it. Pandect. ° 
CoN’TReCTaToR (Id.), oris, m. a thief. 
3 Pandect. 
CONTRACTS, and CONTRACTS (con & 
tracto), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to take in the 
hand,feel of, handle, ipr/Xariidv). Horut. 
librum manibus. Ovid. Dum ea (A. e. 
pectoia) contrecto, totum durescere sen- 
si corpus. Id. Vulneris id genus non 
contrectari tutius esse putem, to be med¬ 
dled with. Colum. Ne contractentur po¬ 
dia, nisi ab impube. Sueton. Contrec- 
tand® pecuni® cupidine incensus._ 
Hence, Tacit. Contrectare aliquid ocu- 
lis, to survey attentively. — Hence, to 
take in the hand and remove for the pur¬ 
pose of stealing; as we say, to lift. Pan- 
dect. Also, to make free with, have il¬ 
licit intercourse with. Sueton. multorum 
uxores. — IT Fig. to handle. Cic. Opini- 
ones hominum leviter eruditorumf qui 
qu® complecti tota nequeunt, h®c fa- 
cilius^ iljvulsa, et quasi discerpta con- 
Ratio incitat animum ad! 
ffis, totaque mente contrec- 
iptates, h. e. consider , contem - 
Contrectare studia et dis- 
philosophi®, h. c. to apply to. 
two things. And. ad Herenn. 
CONTRa.SCRIBS (contra & scribo), is, 
Apul. Litteras e tabulario publico, 
pr®sente et contrascribente Ahniliano 
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CONTRfiMiSCO (con & tremisco), is, 
mui, n. 3. to {begin to) tremble all over, 
to tremble. Cic. Tota mente atque om¬ 
nibus aTtnbus contremiscere._U Al¬ 
so, with the ace., to tremble for fear of 
to anticipate with fear cinds tremblincr. 
Senec. Non contremiscamus injurias 
non vulnera, non vincula, non e^esta- 
tem. 
C0NTR2MS (con & tremo), is, ui, a. 3. 
3 to tremble, tremble greatly, shake or quake 
through fear, rpopcoi. Poeta ap. Cic. 
Cffilum tonitru contremit. Cic. Me 
contremuisse timore perterritum. Ovid. 
Quercus contremuit_ ir With acc. 
to tremble at, fear exceedingly. Horat 
Periculum contremuit domus Saturni! 
-IT Figur. Cic. Cujus in mea causa 
nunquam tides virtusque contremuit 
made to waver, shaken. 
CoNTRgMOLiJS (con & tremuius), a, 
3 um, adj. same as Tremuius. Varr. ap. 
Non. 
CoNTRIBOLaTSS (con & tribuio), a 
um, afflicted. Tertull. - ff So, Con- 
tribulatio, onis, f. affliction, vexation. 
Tertull. 
CoNTRIBuIAS (con & tribulis), is, m. 
3 of the same tribe. Sidon. 
CoNTRIBOS (con & tribuo), is, ui, utum, 
2 a. 3. to contribute, give , bestow, avpifoptco, 
cvvspav'igw. Ovicl. Nec non Pen®®, nec 
non Spercheides und® contribuere ali¬ 
quid. Colum. Nisi adminiculum teneraj 
vitt contribueris, to administer, supply. 
Pandect. Nullum erit legatum, nec cete¬ 
ris contribuetur, h. e. una cum ceteris 
confundetur et pr®stabitur_ ir Also, 
to bring together. Pandect. Ubi simul 
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