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|lshtext=<b>rĕ-cūso</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. of the [[part]]. pres. recusantūm, Verg. A. 7, 16), v. a. [[causa]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[make]] an [[objection]] [[against]], in [[statement]] or [[reply]]; to [[decline]], [[reject]], [[refuse]], be [[reluctant]] or [[unwilling]] to do a [[thing]], etc. (freq. and [[class]].; cf.: [[abnuo]], [[renuo]], [[denego]]); constr. [[with]] acc., an inf., an [[object]]-[[clause]], [[with]] de, ne, [[quin]], [[quominus]], or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: uxorem, * Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 16; Hor. S. 1, 4, 50: me judicem, Tac. Or. 5 al.; cf.: populum Romanum disceptatorem, Cic. Fl. 38, 97: populi Romani amicitiam, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: nec quae pepigere recusent, Verg. A. 12, 12: nullum [[periculum]] [[communis]] salutis causā, Caes. B. G. 7, 2; so, nullum [[periculum]], id. ib. 7, 19; id. B. C. 3, 26: laborem, id. ib. 1, 68 fin.; Quint. 11, 3, 26; 12, 11, 10: [[nihil]] [[nisi]] [[hiberna]], Caes. B. G. 5, 41: legumina, id. B. C. 3, 47 fin.: servitutem, Sall. J. 31, 20: vincla (leones), Verg. A. 7, 16: jussa, id. ib. 5, 749 et saep.: [[nihil]] [[tibi]] a me postulanti recusabo, Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 128; so, psalteria virginibus probis, Quint. 1, 10, 31: [[nihil]] de poenā, Cic. Planc. 1, 3; cf.: de stipendio, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: qui [[quod]] ab altero postularent, in se recusarent, id. B. C. 1, 32, 5: [[Ptolemaeus]] recusabat regem Aridaeum, rejected, Just. 13, 2, 11. — Of things: [[terra]] [[numquam]] recusat [[imperium]], Cic. Sen. 15, 51: genua impediunt cursumque recusant, Verg. A. 12, 747: [[rapax]] [[ignis]] non [[umquam]] alimenta recusat, Ov. M. 8, 837: (falsae gemmae) recusant limae probationem, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. (in [[class]]. [[prose]], [[only]] in [[negative]] sentences or questions implying a [[negative]]): mori recusare, Caes. B. G. 3, 22; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6; 10, 17, 2; Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 25; Liv. 22, 60, 17: hoc facere, id. 5, 53, 9: ad minora se demittere, Quint. prooem. § 5: prodere voce suā quemquam aut opponere morti, Verg. A. 2, 126: praeceptis parere, id. ib. 2, 607: [[quicquam]] tentare, id. ib. 11, 437: [[tibi]] [[comes]] [[ire]], id. ib. 2. 704: facere [[ipse]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 208; Plin. [[Pan]]. 5; Curt. 6, 11, 36; Just. 14, 1, 6.— Of things: [[pedes]] vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108; so id. Ep. 2, 1, 259; id. A. P. 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[object]]-[[clause]]: non rem (medicam) antiqui damnabant, sed artem. Maxime [[vero]] quaestum esse manipretio vitae recusabant, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: Velinum lacum obstrui recusantes, refusing to [[permit]], Tac. A. 1, 79; cf. [[infra]], II.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: de judiciis transferendis recusare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6.—（ε) With ne: [[Servilius]] et recusare et deprecari, ne iniquis judicibus ... judicium capitis in se constitueretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141: sententiam ne diceret, recusavit, id. Off. 3, 27, 100: reliqui ... ne [[unus]] omnes antecederet, recusarent, Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.— (ζ) With [[quin]]: si absim, [[haud]] recusem, [[quin]] mihi [[male]] [[sit]], Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 8: non possumus, [[quin]] alii a nobis dissentiant, recusare, Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 7: non [[recuso]] [[quin]], etc., id. Fam. 6, 18, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 45 fin.: [[neque]] recusare ... [[quin]] armis contendant, id. B. G. 4, 7; Liv. 8, 7, 19.— (η) With [[quominus]]: nec recusabo, [[quominus]] omnes mea legant, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 31: ... [[quominus]] [[perpetuo]] sub illorum dicione essent, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: [[neque]] recusavit quo [[minus]] poenam subiret, Nep. Epam. 8, 2.—（θ) Absol.: non [[recuso]], non [[abnuo]], etc., Cic. Mil. 36, 100: recusandi aut deprecandi causā legatos mittere, Caes. B. G. 5, 6; Verg. E. 3, 29 et saep. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[refute]], [[disprove]]: nativitatis [[mendacium]], Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In jurid. lang., to [[protest]] [[against]] a [[complaint]]; to [[object]], [[take]] [[exception]], [[plead]] in [[defence]]: [[causa]] [[omnis]], in quā [[pars]] altera agentis est, altera recusantis, Quint. 3, 10, 1: [[numquid]] recusas [[contra]] me? Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18: tu me ad [[verbum]] vocas: non [[ante]] [[venio]], [[quam]] recusaro ... Quoniam [[satis]] recusavi, veniam jam quo vocas, Cic. Caecin. 28, 8 sq.: cum [[reus]] recusare vellet, sub usuris creditam esse pecuniam, etc., Dig. 17, 1, 48; cf. [[recusatio]], II. B.

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|georg=recūso, āvī, ātum, āre (re u. [[causa]]), [[unter]] [[Angabe]] [[von]] [[Gründen]] [[etwas]] [[ablehnen]], [[zurückweisen]], [[von]] [[sich]] ([[von]] der [[Hand]]) [[weisen]], [[gegen]] etw. [[Einspruch]] [[erheben]], [[etwas]] [[ausschlagen]], [[verweigern]], etw. zu [[tun]] od. zu [[erleiden]] [[sich]] [[weigern]], [[sich]] [[sträuben]], I) im allg. (Ggstz. suscipere, appetere, deposcere u. dgl.): α) m. Acc.: laborem, Caes.: deditionem, Liv.: condiciones [[pacis]], Liv.: molestias [[non]] r., Cic.: [[mit]] dopp. Acc., populum Rom. disceptatorem, Cic.: alqam uxorem, Ter. – übtr. v. lebl. Subjj., genua cursum recusant, Verg.: [[ignis]] alimenta recusat, Ov. – β) [[mit]] folg. Infin., klass. gew. m. vorherg. [[Negation]], [[non]] rec. mori, Caes., Sen. rhet. u.a.: [[privatus]] [[esse]] [[non]] [[recuso]], Anton. [[bei]] Cic. Phil.: ad [[omnia]] pericula [[princeps]] [[esse]] [[non]] recusabat, Planc. in Cic. ep.: [[quae]] facere [[ipse]] recusem, Hor.: recusantes abdicare se magistratu, Liv.: recusabas imperare, Plin. ep.: übtr., v. lebl. Subjj., [[pedes]] vitiosum ferre recusant, Hor. – γ) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plin. 29, 16: m. Acc. u. Infin. Pass., Plin. 35, 49 u. Tac. ann. 1, 79. – δ) m. folg. ne u. Konj.: sententiam ne diceret, recusavit, Cic.: [[reliqui]], in labore pari ac [[periculo]] ne [[unus]] omnes antecederet, recusarent, Caes.: [[mit]] vorherg. allg. Acc. Pronom., his [[Prusia]] negare (es [[abschlagen]]) [[ausus]] [[non]] est; [[illud]] recusavit ([[nur]] das eine wies er [[von]] [[sich]]), ne id a se fieri postularent, [[quod]] etc., Nep. – ε) [[bei]] vorhergeh. [[Negation]] [[mit]] folg. [[quin]] od. [[quo]] [[minus]] u. Konj.: [[non]] recusasse, [[quin]] acciperet, Cic.: [[non]] recusamus, [[quin]] illorum libidini Sex. Roscii [[vita]] dedatur, Cic.: [[neque]] [[tamen]] recusare (Germanos), si lacessantur, [[quin]] armis contendant, Caes.: [[non]] [[recuso]], [[quo]] [[minus]] legant, Cic.: [[neque]] recusavit, [[quo]] [[minus]] [[legis]] poenam subiret, Nep.: [[neque]] recusaturos, [[quo]] [[minus]] [[perpetuo]] [[sub]] illorum dicione [[atque]] imperio essent, Caes. – ζ) m. de u. Abl.: de stipendio, Caes.: de iudiciis transferendis, Cic. – η) absol.: [[non]] [[recuso]], [[non]] [[abnuo]], Cic.: [[nullo]] recusante [[regnum]] obtinere, Nep.: [[nihil]] recusatur, [[man]] weist den [[Vorschlag]] keineswegs ([[gar]] [[nicht]]) [[zurück]], Liv.: [[diu]] ac [[multum]] recusantem ad petitionem compellit, Liv. – II) insbes.: 1) [[durch]] Gründe [[abweisen]] = [[widerlegen]], nativitatis [[mendacium]], Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 11. – 2) [[als]] gerichtl. t. t., eine [[Klage]] [[ablehnen]], [[gegen]] eine [[Klage]] [[einwenden]], [[Einspruch]] [[tun]] ([[erheben]]), [[Protest]] [[einlegen]], [[sich]] [[verwahren]], [[numquid]] recusas [[contra]] me? Plaut.: [[quoniam]] [[satis]] recusavi, Cic.: cum [[reus]] recusare vellet m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ICt.: [[causa]] [[omnis]], in [[qua]] [[pars]] altera agentis est, altera recusantis, Quint. Vgl. Jordan Cic. Casecin. 81.

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