rixa
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ᾽ Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
Latin > English
rixa rixae N F :: violent or noisy quarrel, brawl, dispute
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rixa: ae, f. perh. root rig, whence ringor; the suffix -sa like noxa from noc-eo; hence, prop., the wide opening of the mouth.
I A quarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contention (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period; syn.: contentio, altercatio, disceptatio, jurgium): ecce nova turba atque rixa, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148: rixa ac prope proelium fuit, Liv. 2, 18: rixa sedata est, id. 2, 29: in rixā esse, id. 40, 14: in rixam ire, Quint. 6, 4, 13: sive geris jocos Seu rixam et insanos amores, Hor. C. 3, 21, 3: rixa super mero Debellata, id. ib. 1, 18, 8: Academiae nostrae cum Zenone magna rixa est, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1: pietatis rixa, Mart. 1, 37, 3: jurgia primum, mox rixa, Tac. H. 1, 64.—Plur.: corrupta jurgiis aut rixis disciplina, Tac. H. 2, 27 fin.: crebrae, id. G. 22: sanguineae, Hor. C. 1, 27, 4: immodicae, id. ib. 1, 13, 10.—Prov.: a lasso rixam quaeri, v. lassus.—
II In gen., a battle, contest (very rare): major cum Oceano quam cum ipsis navibus rixa, Flor. 3, 10, 5. — Of beasts: deque tuo fiet ... Insatiabilibus corpore rixa lupis, Ov. Ib. 170; Col. 9, 15, 4; Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 58.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) rixa,¹⁰ æ, f., dispute, différend, contestation, rixe : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 148 ; Fam. 9, 22, 1 ; Liv. 2, 18, 2 || pl., Hor. O. 1, 27, 4 ; Tac. G. 22 ; H. 2, 27 || lutte, combat : Col. Rust. 9, 15, 4 ; Plin. 11, 58 ; Flor. 3, 10, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
rīxa, ae, f., I) der Hader = Zank, Streit bis zur Erbitterung, ja bis zu Tätlichkeiten, Rauferei, a) zwischen Menschen, Cic. u.a.: iurgia (Stichelreden) primum, mox rixa, Tac.: in rixam ire, sich zanken, Quint.: Academiae nostrae cum Zenone magna rixa est, Cic.: nobilis pietatis, Mart. – Plur., rixae immodicae, Hor.: corrupta iurgiis aut rixis disciplina, Tac.: rixarumu amator, Streithahn, Augustin. – b) zwischen Tieren, Ov., Colum. u. Plin. – II) übtr., übh. der Streit, Kampf, maior cum Oceano quam cum ipsis navibus rixa, Flor. 3, 10, 5.
Latin > Chinese
rixa, ae. f. :: 爭論。爭鬥。Rixam sedare 解紛勸息。
