altercatio

Latin > English

altercatio altercationis N F :: contention, dispute, wrangle, altercation; debate, argument (law), repartee

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

altercātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a strife or contest in words, a dispute, debate; either with or without passion: ἀμοιβαῖος λόγος, Gloss. Philox. (perh. not entirely dignified, since Cic. uses it several times in his Epistt. and philos. writings; but in his Oratt. disceptatio and contentio generally take its place).
I In gen.: in pauciores avidos altercatio est, * Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 11: dies consumptus est altercatione Lentuli consulis et Caninii tribuni plebis, Cic. Fam. 1, 2: redeo ad altercationem, id. Att. 1, 16 med.; so id. ib. 4, 13: oritur mihi magna de re altercatio cum Velleio, id. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 4, 6: magna ibi non disceptatio modo, sed etiam altercatio fuit, id. 38, 32; 1, 7; 10, 40; 35, 17: Cn. Domitius collegae suo altercatione ortā objecit, quod etc., Val. Max. 9, 1, 4; Tac. H. 4, 7: verborum altercatio, Scrib. Comp. 181: in altercatione barbam invadere, Suet. Caes. 71.—
II Esp., in rhet., an altercation; a kind of discourse in a court of justice, which is not continuous, but where one seeks to vanquish his opponent by interposed questions, sometimes mingled with abuse (cf. Quint. 6, 3, 4; 4, 1, 28, and altercor, II.), Cic. Brut. 44, 164.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

altercātĭō,¹² ōnis, f. (altercor), altercation, dispute [en gén.] : Liv. 1, 7, 2, etc. || prises oratoires [échange d’attaques et de ripostes entre les avocats des parties adverses] : Cic. de Or. 2, 255 ; Br. 164 ; (Cicero) et in altercationibus et in interrogandis testibus plura quam quisquam dixit facete Quint. 6, 3, 4, et dans les passes oratoires et dans les interrogations des témoins Cicéron usa plus que personne de la plaisanterie || [même chose au sénat, voir un récit d’altercatio Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8, entre Clodius et Cicéron] || dispute entre philosophes : Cic. Nat. 1, 15.

Latin > German (Georges)

altercātio, ōnis, f. (altercor), die kurze Entgegnung (in Fragen u. Antworten), der Wortwechsel, Wortzank, Wortstreit, I) im allg.: brevis, Liv.: Lentuli et Caninii, Cic.: dialogorum, Sen.: in pauciores avidos altercatio est, Plaut.: magna non disceptatio modo, sed etiam altercatio, Liv.: cum res a perpetuis orationibus in altercationem vertisset, Liv.: altercationes in senatu factas audio, Cic. ad Att. 4, 13, 1. – II) gerichtl. t.t., die nach beiderseitiger Beweisführung an einander gerichteten kürzeren Fragen u. Antworten der Parteien u. ihrer Anwälte, worin man noch einmal die Hauptpunkte zusammenfassen konnte, der Wortwechsel, die Alterkation, Cic. Brut. 164; vgl. Quint. 6, 4, 1; 10, 1, 35.

Latin > Chinese

altercatio, onis. f. :: 爭論