object (v.) Copy link Outline I. To offer an objection1. expr. by dīco, xi, ctum, 32. expr. "it is objected," "you object," by at, at enim cf. Cic. Sen. 6, extr., at memoria minuitur, but, it is o.'d, the memory fails (in old age)II. To object to; have an unwillingness that something should be done1. rĕcūso, 1 (esp. in negative sentences; foll. by quin or quominus)2. imprŏbo, 1 (with direct acc.)3. rĕpugno, 1 (to resist anything; oppose its being done)4. grăvor, 1 (strictly, to feel anything a burden; hence, to be reluctant to do anything)5. nōlo, ui, irr. (with inf.) • object (v.): I. To offer an objection: 1. expr. by dīco, xi, ctum, 3: esp. in connexion with the adversative conj., at: but you o. ..., at enim dicitis ..., Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 40: philosophers o. on many grounds to pleasure being counted among goods, a philosophis permulta dicuntur cur [non] voluptas in bonis sit numeranda, ib. 1, 10, 31: so, contra dicere [not as one word], ib. 3, 1, 2 (which usu., as here, refers to an opposite position maintained, not simply an objection: cf. id. N. D. 3, 21, init.): and in somewhat diff. sense, in contrariam partem afferre, id. de Or. 2, 53, fin. 2. expr. "it is objected," "you object," by at, at enim cf. Cic. Sen. 6, extr., at memoria minuitur, but, it is o.'d, the memory fails (in old age): so, ib. 14, 47, at non est voluptatum tanta quasi titillatio in senibus cf. supr. (1). (N.B.--Not oppono, occurro [R. and A.], in this sense: cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 42, fin., introducebat Carneades, non ut probaret, sed ut opponeret Stoicis, i. e. out of opposition to the Stoics; and id. N. D. 2, 28, 70, where occurrere = to meet and reply to an argument.) II. To object to; have an unwillingness that something should be done: 1. rĕcūso, 1 (esp. in negative sentences; foll. by quin or quominus): I do not o. to every one's reading what I write, non recusabo quominus omnes scripta mea legant, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7: we cannot o. to others differing from us, non possumus quin alii a nobis dissentiant r., Cic. Ac. 2, 3, init.: also absol., I do not o., non recuso, non abnuo, id. Mil. 36, fin. 2. imprŏbo, 1 (with direct acc.): v. to disapprove. 3. rĕpugno, 1 (to resist anything; oppose its being done): I do not o., provided ..., non repugno, dummodo ..., Cic. Ac. 2, 41, fin.: so, nihil repugno (quae si tu alio nomine vis vocare, nihil repugno, id. fr. in August.): v. to oppose. 4. grăvor, 1 (strictly, to feel anything a burden; hence, to be reluctant to do anything): I for my part should not o., if I had confidence in myself, ego vero non gravarer, si mihi ipse confiderem, id. Am. 5, init.: usu. foll. by infin., id. de Or. 1, 23, 107, etc. 5. nōlo, ui, irr. (with inf.): I o. to an affected articulation of each letter, nolo exprimi litteras putidius, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41.