litigo
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
litigo litigare, litigavi, litigatus V :: quarrel; go to law
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lītĭgo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. litem ago,
I to dispute, quarrel, strive.
I In gen.: qua de re litigatis inter vos? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 16: Hirtium cum Quinctio acerrime litigasse, Cic. Att. 13, 37, 2; Juv. 6, 35.—Prov.: litigare cum ventis, to give one's self useless trouble: cum ventis litigo, Petr. 83; cf.: miraris, quererisque, litigasque, Mart. 11, 35, 3.—
II In partic., to sue at law, litigate, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3; id. Cael. 11, 27; Juv. 7, 141: effectum est ut per concepta verba, id est, per formulas litigaremus, Gai. Inst. 4, 30.—Impers. pass.: litigatur, there is a lawsuit, Gell. 14, 2, 14.—Hence, subst.: lītĭgans, antis, m., a quarrelsome person, a disputant, litigant.
a In a suit at law, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24.—
b In some other way, Gell. 2, 12, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lītĭgō,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre, intr. (lis, ago), disputer, quereller : Pl. Rud. 1060 ; Cic. Att. 13, 37, 2 || être en litige, plaider : Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3 || passif imp. litigatur Gell. 14, 2, 14, il y a procès, poursuite.
Latin > German (Georges)
lītigo, āvī, ātum, āre (st. litem ago), streiten, zanken, hadern, I) im allg.: acerrime cum alqo pro alqo, Cic.: inter se de alqa re, Plaut.: de verbis, Sen.: absol., quare quereris litigasque? Mart. – Sprichw., litigare cum ventis, sich nutzlos mühen, Petron. 83, 8. – II) insbes., gerichtl. streiten, prozessieren, noli pati fratres litigare, Cic.: aliquot in causis, Cic.: de agrorum finibus, Apul.: de parte finium cum vicino, Suet.: Pass. impers., summa, de qua litigatur, Suet.: super qua re apud eum (iudicem) litigatur, Gell.: Partic. subst., litigantes, die streitenden-, prozessierenden Parteien, Sen. ep. 15, 7. Plin. 19, 24. Gell. 2, 12, 6 u. 14, 2, 18.
