rixor

rixor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [rixa], to quarrel, brawl, wrangle, dispute.

I.

Lit. (rare but class.):

multo cum sanguine saepe rixantes,

Lucr. 6, 1286: cum esset cum eo de amiculā rixatus, * Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240:

de lanā caprinā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15. — Absol.:

non pugnat sed rixatur (orator),

Tac. Or. 26:

rixantis modo,

Quint. 11, 3, 172; 6, 4, 9.—

II.

Transf., in gen., to oppose; to clash, disagree, conflict:

(herbae) dum tenerae sunt vellendae, prius enim aridae factae rixantur,

i. e. offer resistance, Varr. R. R. 1, 47:

rami arborum inter se,

i. e. to grow across each other, Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6:

consonantes asperiores in commissura verborum rixantur,

Quint. 9, 4, 37:

cum ore concurrente rixari,

id. 11, 3, 121 (for which, colluctatio); id. 11, 3, 121, § 56:

cum theatro saeculoque,

Mart. 9, 27, 9:

dum inter se non rixentur cupiditas et timor,

Sen. Ep. 56, 5.

► Act. collat. form rixo, āre, Varr. ap. Non. 477, 22 sq.