dispute (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. concertātio, contrōversia2. disceptātio3. altercātio (more violent than disceptatio4. rixa (strictly, a quarrel, q. v.; also used in modified sense)5. very often expr. by verb • dispute (subs.): 1. concertātio, contrōversia: v. controversy. 2. disceptātio: a d. respecting words (or, to be settled by words), verborum d., Liv. Join: disceptatio contentioque (the latter referring to the heat of discussion), Cic. 3. altercātio (more violent than disceptatio: "non disceptatio modo, sed etiam altercatio," Liv.): Cic.: v. altercation. 4. rixa (strictly, a quarrel, q. v.; also used in modified sense): Cic.: v. feud. 5. very often expr. by verb: there is a d. between, etc., disputatur, ambigitur, inter, etc.: during the d., inter disputandum: that is matter of d., id disputar potest: v. to discuss, dispute. Phr.: the matter is still in d., adhuc sub judice lis est, Hor.
dispute (v.) Copy link Outline I. To argue on opposite sides1. dispŭto, discepto, dissĕro2. ambĭgo, 3 (implying uncertainty)II. To call in questionIII. To quarrel respecting something1. ambĭgo, 32. rixor, 13. altercor, 1 (in a wrangling manner)4. certo, 1 • dispute (v.): I. To argue on opposite sides: 1. dispŭto, discepto, dissĕro: v. to discuss. 2. ambĭgo, 3 (implying uncertainty): to admit of being d.d, naturam ambigendi habere, Cic.: it is d.d whether, ambigitur utrum, etc., Hor.: to d. about truth, amb. de vero, Cic. II. To call in question: in controversiam vŏco, addūco, Cic.: v. controversy. Sometimes nego will do: v. to deny. III. To quarrel respecting something: 1. ambĭgo, 3: to d. about boundaries, de finibus amb., Ter.; concerning an estate, de fundo, Liv. 2. rixor, 1: to d. about a hair, de lana caprina r., Hor.: v. to quarrel. 3. altercor, 1 (in a wrangling manner): v. to wrangle. 4. certo, 1: v. to contend.
DISPUTE Copy link • DISPUTE 1. v. Argue, on opposite sides, verbis contendere: concertare (to contend with words, in which sense disputare is never found): disputare: disserere (to discuss philosophically): to dispute about any question, to dispute a thing, aliquid in controversiam vocare or adducere: to dispute for and against, de re in contrarias partes or in utramque partem disputare; ambigere (to feel, express, etc., uncertainty; in Cic. mostly impersonal or passive: anything is disputed, aliquid ambigitur; also with dependent interrogative clause, utrum, quid, etc.): there is nothing that may not be disputed, omnis res habet naturam ambigendi (Cic., De Or., 3, 29). Quarrel, Vid. 2. s. altercatio (where the disputants each strive to have the last word; mostly implying excessive heat): jurgium (when they will not listen to reason, but give vent to their ill humor by harsh words): rixa (a broil or fray, when things look, at least, as if it would come to blows): contentio (when the contenders would maintain the right against all opponents, and effect its purpose, whatever it may be, by the strenuous exertion of all their faculties): controversia (the simple notion of disputing against one another): disceptatio (when men commence a discussion in order to arrive at the truth, or discover what is right). To begin a dispute, altercari incipere (eum aliquo); causam jurgii inferre (to begin a quarrel): to have a dispute with anybody, altercari cum aliquo (about anything, de aliqua re); jurgio certare cum aliquo (Velleius, 2, 33, 2): a dispute arises between me and anybody about anything, oritur mihi de aliqua re altercatio cum aliquo: this was the origin of the dispute, hinc jurgium, inde jurgium fuit.