contrary (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. contrārium (in this sense, with gen.)2. contraria pars3. phr. on the c. (= on the other hand)4. In conversation = "nay, on the contrary • contrary (subs.): 1. contrārium (in this sense, with gen.): vices are the c.s to virtues, vitia sunt virtutum c., Cic. Esp. in phr. on the c., e or ex contrario, Cic.: to the c., in contrarium, id. (in same sense in contrariam partem, e. g. afferre, id.): propositions are c.s, both of which cannot be true at once, c. dicuntur, quae simul vera esse non possunt, Gell. 16, 8. (Not diversum, except perh. in phr. e diverso, Suet. Jul. 86: nor oppositum: see Gell. l. c.). 2. contraria pars: esp. in phr., ex c. parte, on the c. side, in c. partem (v. supr.): Cic. 3. phr. on the c. (= on the other hand): contrā (either as adv., or foll. by ea): as the one are miserable, so, on the c., the others are happy, ut hi miseri, sic c. illi beati, Cic.: on the c., they were generously helped by the despots of Sicily, c. ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti sunt, Liv.: Nep. [Contra is mostly used alone when it may be rendered on the other hand; but when a contrast is to be strongly marked, contra ea is preferred. The fuller expressions given under (1) and (2) are to be used when "on the c.," = "on the c. side."] 4. In conversation = "nay, on the contrary:" immo or īmo: does he really make confession about the stranger?--On the c., he denies it stoutly, etiam fatetur de hospite?--immo pernegat, Pl. Most. 3, 1, 21: strengthened with vero: Cic.: v. no, nay.