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oppŏsĭtus

oppŏsĭtus · P. a

Part. and P. a., from oppono

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What it meant

1. oppŏsĭtus — Lewis & Short

oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., from oppono.

Part. and

2. oppŏsĭtus — Lewis & Short

oppŏsĭtus, ūs, m. (in

sing. used only in abl.) [oppono].

I A placing or setting against, an opposing; with obj.-gen.: laterum nostrorum oppositus et corporum pollicemur, Cic. Marc. 10, 32; Sil. 10, 212. —With subj.-gen.: lunae, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25. —

II A placing or laying before, an interposition, intervention: oppositu globi noctem afferente, Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181: aedium, Gell. 4, 5, 3.—

III A citing or bringing forward against one: oppositu horum vocabulorum commotus, Gell. 14, 5, 4.

Where it came from

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