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oppugno (obp- ), āvi, ātum (old
I.inf. fut. oppugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55; v. Roby, Gram. 1, 197 sq.), 1, v. a. obpugno, to fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with (class.; cf.: obsideo, occupo).
I. Lit.: “omnes Galliae civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse,” Caes. B. G. 1, 44: “aggeribus, vineis, turribus oppugnabam oppidum,” Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: castra, Caes. B. G. 6, 41: “locum,” id. ib. 5, 21: clamor oppugnantis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Ann. v. 408 Vahl.): “castelli oppugnandi spes,” Liv. 21, 57: “se Macedoniam oppugnaturum dicebat,” id. 42, 32: “oppugnante aliquo,” Just. 9, 5, 4: “quoniam externo hoste oppugnarentur,” id. 18, 2, 2: “Methonam urbem,” id. 7, 6, 14: “25, 4, 7: nos et civitatem,” Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 50.—
II. Trop., to attack, assault, assail: “non oportuisse Metellum, patrem tuum, oppugnari a me,” Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6: “pecuniā aliquem,” id. ib. 1, 1, 1: “rem,” id. de Or. 2, 38, 161: “aliquem clandestinis consiliis,” id. Or. 66, 223: “aequitatem verbis,” id. Caecin. 24, 67: “consilia alicujus,” Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 154: “delictum,” id. Bacch. 5, 2, 52: “senem,” to lay siege to, circumvent, id. Ep. 1, 2, 60: sonipes celer ... Oppugnat frenis, struggles against, resists, Coripp. Joann. 4, 468.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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