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|lshtext=<b>argūmentum</b>: i, n. [[arguo]].<br /> The [[means]] by [[which]] an [[assertion]] or [[assumption]] [[may]] be made [[clear]], proved, an [[argument]], [[evidence]], [[proof]] (and in [[particular]], [[that]] [[which]] rests [[upon]] facts, [[while]] [[ratio]] is [[that]] [[which]] depends [[upon]] [[reasoning]]): [[argumentum]] est [[ratio]], quae rei dubiae facit fidem, Cic. Top. 2, 7: [[quid]] est [[argumentum]]? Probabile [[inventum]] ad faciendam fidem, id. Part. Or. 2: [[argumentum]] est [[ratio]] probationem [[praestans]], quā colligitur aliquid per aliud, et quae, [[quod]] est dubium, per id [[quod]] dubium non est, confirmat, Quint. 5, 10, 11: de eā re signa [[atque]] argumenta paucis verbis eloquar, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 35; 1, 1, 267; id. Rud. 4, 3, 84; id. Truc. 2, 6, 26 al.: commemorando Argumenta fidem dictis conradere, Lucr. 1, 401; so id. 1, 417: argumenta [[multa]] et firma ad probandum, Cic. Brut. 78, 272: aliquid exemplis [[magis]] [[quam]] argumentis refellere, id. de Or. 1, 19, 88: argumento esse, Liv. 5, 44; 39, 51: litterae ad senatum missae [[argumentum]] fuere, etc., id. 8, 30: In [[argumentum]] fidei retentum [[pallium]] ostendit [[marito]], Vulg. Gen. 39, 16; ib. Act. 1, 3: [[inopia]] fecerat eam (rem parvam) [[argumentum]] [[ingens]] caritatis, Liv. 5, 47: libertatis [[argumentum]], Tac. G. 25: Est [[fides]] [[argumentum]] non apparentium, Vulg. Heb. 11, 22: addit pro argumento, Suet. Calig. 8: [[velut]] [[argumentum]] [[rursus]] conditae urbis, id. ib. 16: levibus [[utrimque]] argumentis, id. Galb. 7 et saep.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[sign]] by [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] is [[known]], a [[mark]], token, [[evidence]]: animi laeti Argumenta, signs, indications, Ov. M. 4, 762: voti potentis, id. ib. 8, 745: unguentarii myrrham digerunt [[haud]] [[difficulter]] odoris [[atque]] pinguetudinis argumentis, according to the indications of [[smell]], etc., Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68: [[caelum]] [[quidem]] [[haud]] [[dubie]] caelati argumenti dicimus, id. 2, 4, 3, § 8: amoris hoc est [[argumentum]], non malignitatis, Petr. 137, 8: argumenta viri, i. e. indicia, Juv. 9, 85 al.—<br /><b>II</b> The [[matter]] [[which]] lies at the [[basis]] of [[any]] written or [[artistic]] [[representation]], contents, [[subject]], [[theme]], [[argument]], [[ὑπόθεσις]]: Argumentum plura significat. Nam et fabulae ad [[actum]] scaenicarum compositae argumenta dicuntur: et orationum Ciceronis [[velut]] [[thema]] [[ipse]] exponens [[Pedianus]], [[argumentum]], inquit, [[tale]] est: quo apparet omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari, Quint. 5, 10, 9 and 10.<br /> <b>A</b> Of [[every]] [[kind]] of [[representation]] in [[writing]].<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: [[argumentum]] est ficta res, quae [[tamen]] fieri potuit, Cic. Inv. 1, 19; id. Att. 15, 4, 3: tabulae novae, [[quid]] habent argumenti, [[nisi]] ut, etc., [[what]] is [[their]] [[drift]]? [[what]] do [[they]] [[mean]]? id. Off. 2, 23, 84: epistulae, id. Att. 10, 13; 9, 10; 1, 19.<br /> <b>a</b> But esp. freq., the [[subject]]-[[matter]] of a [[poem]] or [[fictitious]] [[writing]], the [[subject]], contents: [[post]] [[argumentum]] hujus eloquar tragoediae, Plaut. Am. prol. 51; cf. id. ib. 96; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 81: [[argumentum]] narrare, Ter. And. prol. 6: fabulae, id. Ad. prol. 22: [[Livius]] [[Andronicus]] ab saturis [[ausus]] est [[primus]] argumento fabulam serere, i. e. a scenic [[representation]] of a [[subject]] in its [[connection]], Liv. 7, 2: [[spectaculum]], quo argumenta inferorum explicarentur, Suet. Calig. 57.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> [[Meton]]. ([[part]] for the [[whole]]), a [[poem]] in gen.: explicare argumenti exitum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53: hoc argumento se describi sentiat, Phaedr. 4, 8; so id. 4, 16; 5, 3; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin.: sumque argumenti [[conditor]] [[ipse]] mei, I am [[myself]] the [[subject]] of my [[poem]], Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., [[intrinsic]] [[worth]], [[reality]], [[truth]]: haec tota [[fabella]] ... [[quam]] est [[sine]] argumento, [[without]] [[value]], [[reality]], Cic. Cael. 27: non [[sine]] argumento maledicere, not [[without]] [[some]] [[reason]], id. ib. 3 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> The [[subject]] of [[artistic]] representations ([[sculpture]], [[painting]], [[embroidery]]. etc.): ex ebore diligentissime perfecta argumenta erant in valvis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56: ([[cratera]]) fabricaverat Alcon [[Hyleus]], et longo caelaverat argumento, Ov. M. 13, 684; cf. id. ib. 2, 5 sq.: [[vetus]] in telā deducitur [[argumentum]], id. ib. 6, 69; Verg. A. 7, 791: Parrhasii tabulae, Suet. Tib. 44.— In philos. lang., a [[conclusion]], a [[syllogism]]: Nam concludi non potest [[nisi]] iis, quae ad concludendum sumpta erunt, ita probatis ut falsa ejusdem modi nulla possint esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44 al. | |lshtext=<b>argūmentum</b>: i, n. [[arguo]].<br /> The [[means]] by [[which]] an [[assertion]] or [[assumption]] [[may]] be made [[clear]], proved, an [[argument]], [[evidence]], [[proof]] (and in [[particular]], [[that]] [[which]] rests [[upon]] facts, [[while]] [[ratio]] is [[that]] [[which]] depends [[upon]] [[reasoning]]): [[argumentum]] est [[ratio]], quae rei dubiae facit fidem, Cic. Top. 2, 7: [[quid]] est [[argumentum]]? Probabile [[inventum]] ad faciendam fidem, id. Part. Or. 2: [[argumentum]] est [[ratio]] probationem [[praestans]], quā colligitur aliquid per aliud, et quae, [[quod]] est dubium, per id [[quod]] dubium non est, confirmat, Quint. 5, 10, 11: de eā re signa [[atque]] argumenta paucis verbis eloquar, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 35; 1, 1, 267; id. Rud. 4, 3, 84; id. Truc. 2, 6, 26 al.: commemorando Argumenta fidem dictis conradere, Lucr. 1, 401; so id. 1, 417: argumenta [[multa]] et firma ad probandum, Cic. Brut. 78, 272: aliquid exemplis [[magis]] [[quam]] argumentis refellere, id. de Or. 1, 19, 88: argumento esse, Liv. 5, 44; 39, 51: litterae ad senatum missae [[argumentum]] fuere, etc., id. 8, 30: In [[argumentum]] fidei retentum [[pallium]] ostendit [[marito]], Vulg. Gen. 39, 16; ib. Act. 1, 3: [[inopia]] fecerat eam (rem parvam) [[argumentum]] [[ingens]] caritatis, Liv. 5, 47: libertatis [[argumentum]], Tac. G. 25: Est [[fides]] [[argumentum]] non apparentium, Vulg. Heb. 11, 22: addit pro argumento, Suet. Calig. 8: [[velut]] [[argumentum]] [[rursus]] conditae urbis, id. ib. 16: levibus [[utrimque]] argumentis, id. Galb. 7 et saep.—<br /> <b>B</b> A [[sign]] by [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] is [[known]], a [[mark]], token, [[evidence]]: animi laeti Argumenta, signs, indications, Ov. M. 4, 762: voti potentis, id. ib. 8, 745: unguentarii myrrham digerunt [[haud]] [[difficulter]] odoris [[atque]] pinguetudinis argumentis, according to the indications of [[smell]], etc., Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68: [[caelum]] [[quidem]] [[haud]] [[dubie]] caelati argumenti dicimus, id. 2, 4, 3, § 8: amoris hoc est [[argumentum]], non malignitatis, Petr. 137, 8: argumenta viri, i. e. indicia, Juv. 9, 85 al.—<br /><b>II</b> The [[matter]] [[which]] lies at the [[basis]] of [[any]] written or [[artistic]] [[representation]], contents, [[subject]], [[theme]], [[argument]], [[ὑπόθεσις]]: Argumentum plura significat. Nam et fabulae ad [[actum]] scaenicarum compositae argumenta dicuntur: et orationum Ciceronis [[velut]] [[thema]] [[ipse]] exponens [[Pedianus]], [[argumentum]], inquit, [[tale]] est: quo apparet omnem ad scribendum destinatam materiam ita appellari, Quint. 5, 10, 9 and 10.<br /> <b>A</b> Of [[every]] [[kind]] of [[representation]] in [[writing]].<br /> <b>1</b> Lit.: [[argumentum]] est ficta res, quae [[tamen]] fieri potuit, Cic. Inv. 1, 19; id. Att. 15, 4, 3: tabulae novae, [[quid]] habent argumenti, [[nisi]] ut, etc., [[what]] is [[their]] [[drift]]? [[what]] do [[they]] [[mean]]? id. Off. 2, 23, 84: epistulae, id. Att. 10, 13; 9, 10; 1, 19.<br /> <b>a</b> But esp. freq., the [[subject]]-[[matter]] of a [[poem]] or [[fictitious]] [[writing]], the [[subject]], contents: [[post]] [[argumentum]] hujus eloquar tragoediae, Plaut. Am. prol. 51; cf. id. ib. 96; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 81: [[argumentum]] narrare, Ter. And. prol. 6: fabulae, id. Ad. prol. 22: [[Livius]] [[Andronicus]] ab saturis [[ausus]] est [[primus]] argumento fabulam serere, i. e. a scenic [[representation]] of a [[subject]] in its [[connection]], Liv. 7, 2: [[spectaculum]], quo argumenta inferorum explicarentur, Suet. Calig. 57.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> [[Meton]]. ([[part]] for the [[whole]]), a [[poem]] in gen.: explicare argumenti exitum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53: hoc argumento se describi sentiat, Phaedr. 4, 8; so id. 4, 16; 5, 3; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin.: sumque argumenti [[conditor]] [[ipse]] mei, I am [[myself]] the [[subject]] of my [[poem]], Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., [[intrinsic]] [[worth]], [[reality]], [[truth]]: haec tota [[fabella]] ... [[quam]] est [[sine]] argumento, [[without]] [[value]], [[reality]], Cic. Cael. 27: non [[sine]] argumento maledicere, not [[without]] [[some]] [[reason]], id. ib. 3 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> The [[subject]] of [[artistic]] representations ([[sculpture]], [[painting]], [[embroidery]]. etc.): ex ebore diligentissime perfecta argumenta erant in valvis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56: ([[cratera]]) fabricaverat Alcon [[Hyleus]], et longo caelaverat argumento, Ov. M. 13, 684; cf. id. ib. 2, 5 sq.: [[vetus]] in telā deducitur [[argumentum]], id. ib. 6, 69; Verg. A. 7, 791: Parrhasii tabulae, Suet. Tib. 44.— In philos. lang., a [[conclusion]], a [[syllogism]]: Nam concludi non potest [[nisi]] iis, quae ad concludendum sumpta erunt, ita probatis ut falsa ejusdem modi nulla possint esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44 al. | ||
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|gf=<b>argūmentum</b>,⁸ ī, n. ([[arguo]]),<br /><b>1</b> argument, preuve : argumentis philosophorum credere Cic. Ac. 2, 117, croire aux arguments des philosophes ; argumenta criminis Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 104, preuves à l’appui d’une accusation ; Siculorum [[erga]] te voluntatis argumenta Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 157, preuves des dispositions des Siciliens à ton égard || prætereo [[illud]] [[quod]] [[mihi]] maximo argumento ad hujus innocentiam poterat [[esse]] Cic. Amer. 75, je laisse de côté le trait suivant qui pouvait me fournir un argument très fort en faveur de son innocence ; [[quod]] [[idem]] mæstitiam meam reprehendit, [[idem]] jocum, magno argumento [[est]] me in [[utroque]] fuisse moderatum Cic. Phil. 2, 39, le fait qu’il me reproche en même temps ma tristesse et mon enjouement [[est]] une bonne preuve que sur les deux points j’ai gardé la mesure || id [[satis]] magnum [[argumentum]] [[esse]] dixisti, [[cur]] [[esse]] deos confiteremur Cic. Nat. 1, 62, tu as dit que c’était un argument suffisant pour nous faire reconnaître l’existence des dieux ; philosophorum exquisita quædam argumenta, [[cur]] esset vera [[divinatio]], [[collecta]] sunt Cic. Div. 1, 5, on a recueilli certains arguments de choix des philosophes destinés à prouver pourquoi il y a vraiment une divination<br /><b>2</b> la chose qui [[est]] montrée [en gén.] : tabulæ novæ [[quid]] habent argumenti, [[nisi]] ut emas... Cic. Off. 2, 84, l’abolition des dettes, que montre-t-elle (signifie-t-elle) [[sinon]] que tu achètes...<br /><b>3</b> la chose qui [[est]] montrée, matière, sujet, objet : [[argumentum]] comœdiæ Pl. Amph. 95, etc., argument (sujet) d’une comédie, cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 27 ; Cæl. 64 ; Quint. 5, 10, 9 ; contionis Cic. Har. 8, thème d’une harangue ; epistulæ Cic. Att. 10, 13, 2 [9, 4, 1 ], matière d’une lettre ; ex ebore diligentissime perfecta argumenta erant in valvis Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 124, il y avait sur les portes des sujets en ivoire du travail le [[plus]] accompli || [fig.] notam judici fabulam, [[quippe]] [[apud]] ipsum auctorem argumenti, peragit Liv. 3, 44, 9, il joue jusqu’au bout sa comédie connue du [[juge]], puisqu’il la joue devant celui précisément qui en a fourni la donnée. | |||
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