oppōno — Lewis & Short
oppōno (obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 (
I sync.:
oppostus for oppositus,Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. ob-pono, to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).
I Lit.
A 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.—
B In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:
pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:
villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —
C 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.—
II Trop.
A 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.—
B In partic.
1 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.—
2 To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:
multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:
rationibus labores,Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:
quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:
felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!Juv. 2, 39.—
C 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.—
2 Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (a)ntikei/mena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.