repugno

rĕ-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to fight against, oppose; to make resistance, resist, defend one ' s self (class.; syn.: adversor, resisto, renitor).

I.

Lit.:

nostri primo integris viribus fortiter repugnare,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4;

so in milit. lang.: repugnantes noctem diemque obsident,

id. ib. 7, 42; id. B. C. 3, 67 fin.; cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91; Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, §§

1 and 3: in repugnando telis obruta est,

Liv. 29, 33; Verg. A. 11, 749:

oppidanis non repugnantibus,

Just. 12, 7, 8.—

II.

Transf., in gen., to resist, make resistance; to oppose, contend against.

(α).

Absol.:

catuli pantherarum unguibus ac pedibus morsuque repugnant,

Lucr. 5, 1037; cf.:

de praedā (volucres),

id. 5, 1082:

Catone acerrime repugnante,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant,

Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; cf. id. Ac. 2, 13, 41:

haec bene dicuntur, nec ego repugno,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90:

adversante et repugnante naturā,

id. Off. 1, 31, 110; so (with adversari) id. ib. 3, 19, 78; id. de Or. 2, 44, 187;

with resistere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 22 fin.:

nec ego repugno: sed inter sese ipsa pugnant,

Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 90.—

(β).

With dat.:

ego omnibus meis opibus... repugnarim et restiterim crudelitati,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15:

fortunae (with obsistere),

id. Fin. 4, 7, 17:

fratri tuo (preceded by resistere fratri tuo),

id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

his perturbationibus,

id. Tusc. 3, 11, 25:

dictis,

Ov. M. 2, 103:

amori,

id. ib. 10, 319:

patronis,

Quint. 6, 1, 38:

historiae cuidam tamquam vanae,

id. 1, 8, 20:

cui in ullā re,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 12; cf.:

tibi in hoc uno,

id. ib. 7, 14, 2:

alicujus voluntati,

id. ib. 8, 6, 10:

precibus,

Sen. Med. 294:

his omnibus rebus unum repugnabat, quod, etc.,

one consideration opposed itself, Caes. B. G. 1, 19.—

(γ).

Other constructions:

resistere et repugnare contra veritatem non audet,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 51:

circa quae si is, qui instituetur, non repugnaverit, etc.,

i. e. shows himself not indocile, Quint. 8, prooem. § 5.— Poet., with ne:

si quis, ne fias nostra, repugnat,

Ov. H. 20, 121; Col. 7, 10, 7 (al. ut).—With obj.-clause:

mulier prohibet se concipere atque repugnat,

and opposes it, Lucr. 4, 1269; 1088:

amare repugno Illum, quem fieri vix puto posse meum,

Ov. H. 17, 137; cf. once in pass.:

et a vobis diversitas defendenda est, sicuti et a nobis repugnanda,

to be opposed, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 16 fin. —

B.

In partic.

1.

To oppose with words, advise against, object:

cum id censuisset Cassius, Brutus repugnaverat,

Vell. 2, 58, 2.—

2.

To hinder, be in the way:

sed syllaba contumax repugnas,

Mart. 9, 11, 12:

repugnat invidia furiosa,

Vop. Prob. 22.—

3.

To oppose from natural incongruity, i. e. to disagree with, be contrary to; of several things compared together, to be contradictory, inconsistent, incompatible, repugnant (so mostly only in Cic.):

quidquid antecedit quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario: et quicquid repugnat id ejusmodi est, ut cohaerere numquam possit,

Cic. Top. 12, 53:

simulatio amicitiae repugnat maxime,

id. Lael. 25, 92:

sed haec inter se quam repugnent, plerique non vident,

id. Tusc. 3, 29, 72; so,

inter se,

id. N. D. 1, 12, 30; Quint. 1, 5, 65:

repugnat recte accipere et invitum reddere,

Cic. Top. 4, 21; cf.:

nam illud vehementer repugnat, eundem et beatum esse et multis malis oppressum. Haec quomodo conveniant, non sane intellego,

id. Fin. 5, 26, 77:

sensus moresque repugnant,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 97.— Hence, rĕpugnans, antis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), contrary, opposed, repugnant; comp.: quo quid repugnantius dici possit, non video, Lact. Ira Dei, 9.— As subst.: rĕpugnantĭa, ĭum, n.; in rhet., contradictions (syn. contraria):

locus ex repugnantibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170; id. Top. 4, 19; 12, 53; Quint. 5, 8, 5; 5, 10, 2; 5, 11, 31; 6, 3, 66.— Adv.: rĕpugnanter (acc. to repugno, II. A.), unwillingly, with repugnance (very rare):

aliquid patienter accipere, non repugnanter,

Cic. Lael. 25, 91; Amm. 20, 8, 4.