face (v.) Copy link Outline I. To confront1. obviam eo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (to withstand; with dat.)2. oppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to put oneself in the way of3. offĕro, obtŭli, oblātum, 3 (like preced.4. ŏbeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (with acc.)II. To look towardsIII. Milit. term1. signa converto, ti, sum, 32. agmen converto • face (v.): I. To confront: 1. obviam eo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (to withstand; with dat.): they f.d the arrogance of the nobility, obv. itum est superbiae nobilitatis, Sall.: to f. dangers, obv. ire periculis, Sall.: Cic.: Liv. 2. oppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to put oneself in the way of: with reflect. pron. and dat.): to f. death, opponere se morti, Cic.: to f. dangers on behalf of the commonwealth, opp. se periculis pro republica, Cic. 3. offĕro, obtŭli, oblātum, 3 (like preced.: with refl. pron. and dat., or acc. with ad): as soon as I came to Rome, I at once f.d the wickedness and madness of Antony, ut Romam veni, statim me obtuli Antonii sceleri atque dementiae, Cic.: to f. death for one's country, se pro patria offerre ad mortem, Cic. 4. ŏbeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (with acc.): to f. hardships, labores ob., Cic.: Liv.: v. to undergo. II. To look towards: aspecto, 1: v. to command (III.); look towards. III. Milit. term: to wheel round: 1. signa converto, ti, sum, 3: the Romans f.d about and attacked them in two divisions, Romani conversa signa bipartito intulerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: Liv. 2. agmen converto: he f.d about and led off his army in safety, converso agmine, exercitum incolumem reduxit, Front. 1, 1, 11.