oppositio

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μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

oppŏsĭtĭo: (obp-), ōnis, f. oppono,
I an opposing, opposition (class.): disparatum est id, quod ab aliquā re per oppositionem negationis separatur, hoc modo: sapere, et non sapere, Cic. Inv. 1, 28, 42; Gell. 6, 1, 4: scientiae, Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 20.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

oppŏsĭtĭō, ōnis, f. (oppono), opposition : Vulg. Tim. 1, 6, 20 || contraste, antithèse [fig. de rhét.] : Rufinian. Schem. lex. 11.