objection Copy link Outline I. A counter statement1. expr. by dīco, 32. a quibbling o., captioII. Difficulty or reluctance about doing something1. expr. to have no o., by non recusare, non repugnare; v. TO OBJECT (II.).2. expr. by per me, te, lĭcet (I, you, etc., have no o.)3. mŏra (strictly, delay; hence, cause of delay, hindrance)4. impĕdīmentum • objection: I. A counter statement: 1. expr. by dīco, 3: the o.s advanced against each philosopher, quid contra quemque philosophum dicitur, Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2: to raise many o.s, multa dicere cur res non ita se habeat; multa in contrariam partem afferre: v. to object. 2. a quibbling o., captio: to dispose of such o.s, captiones discutere, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46. II. Difficulty or reluctance about doing something: 1. expr. to have no o., by non recusare, non repugnare; v. to object (II.). 2. expr. by per me, te, lĭcet (I, you, etc., have no o.): I have no o. even to your snoring, says he, per me vel stertas licet, inquit, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93: so, non licet per Cratinum, id. Off. 3, 7, 33. 3. mŏra (strictly, delay; hence, cause of delay, hindrance): nor is there any o. to my marrying her, nec m. ulla est quin eam uxorem ducam, Ter. Andr. 5, 6, 7: there is no o. as far as he is concerned, per hunc nulla est m., ib. 3, 4, 13. (Not Cic. in this sense.) 4. impĕdīmentum: v. hindrance. Phr.: I have no o. (to that), nihil impedio, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: I have no o. to their being saved, nihil moror eos salvos esse, Ant. in Cic. Ph. 13, 17, 35: what o. is there to (the wedding) being made a real one? quid obstat cur non verae nuptiae fiant? Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 76: there are many o.s in the way of my ..., multa me dehortantur, quominus ..., Sall. Jug. 31, init.: that is no o., *id quidem nihil omnino obstat.