contra Preposition

Translations

  1. against
  2. facing
  3. face-to-face
  4. in the eyes
  5. towards/up to
(preposition + accusative)
  1. against
(preposition + accusative)
  1. against

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

illa quidem contra, quantum modo femina posset (adspiceres utinam, Saturnia, mitior esses), illa quidem pugnat, sed quem superare

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses II
Gaius Julius Caesar

omplures annos portoria reliquaque omnia Haeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere, propterea quod illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo.

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum I
Hyginus

de ordine perscripsimus, utrum sol cum mundo fixus verteretur, an ipse per se moveretur, et cum ipse per se moveatur et contra duodecim signorum ortus eat, quare videatur cum mundo exoriri et occidere.

~ Hyginus, De Astronomia I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

'o fortunati mercatores' gravis annis miles ait, multo iam fractus membra labore; contra mercator navim iactantibus Austris: 'militia est potior.

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I

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