conflict (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. certāmen, certātio; contentio2. pugna (applicable to any kind of contest or combat, q. v.)3. rĕpugnantia • conflict (subs.): 1. certāmen, certātio; contentio: v. contest. 2. pugna (applicable to any kind of contest or combat, q. v.): c. (of opinion) between learned men, pugna doctissimorum hominum, Cic. 3. rĕpugnantia: i. e. opposition: c. of expediency (with honour), utilitatis r., Cic. Off. 3, 4, 17. Phr.: to be in c. (logical), repugnare: v. to contradict. N.B. Not conflictus or conflictio, which signify striking together, collision.
conflict (v.) Copy link Outline 1. certo, concerto, 12. luctor, 1 • conflict (v.): 1. certo, concerto, 1: v. to contend. 2. luctor, 1: v. to struggle. (N.B. conflictor, 1, is to be brought into collision: Nep.)
CONFLICT Copy link • CONFLICT 1. v. Come into hostile collision, confligere, with or without armis, manu, proelio (to fight, with reference to the violence and not the nature of the arms; of any violent conflict), with anybody, cum aliquo, or with one another, inter se: conflictari, with anybody, cum aliquo (to fight about; also, figuratively, to struggle with adversity, cum adversa fortuna): luctari, with anybody, cum aliquo (as a wrestler, for instance; also figuratively e.g., cum fluctibus): pugnare (to fight: general term): certare: concertare: contendere (mostly with addition of armis, proelio, acie, verbis): decernere (mostly with armis, ferro, proelio, acie): dimicare (mostly with proelio, acie): digladiari (all these verbs also, with anybody, cum aliquo, or with one another, together, inter se): proeliari: proelium or pugnam facere or edere [SYN. in FIGHT, Vid:] . To be at variance or inconsistent with, alicui rei repugnare or adversari; cum aliqua re pugnare or discrepare: to be conflicting (of words, evidence, etc.). inter se pugnare, repugnare, discrepare, or dissidere. Conflicting, pugnans, repugnans (of things). 2. battle, engagement, pugna: proelium. acies: proelii dimicatio: proelii concursus or congressus only [Vid: BATTLE] Act of contending, contest, certatio (contest with anybody, as action, as well in general as before a court): concertatio (the conflict of two or several persons, the dispute): certamen (contest as thing): contentio (a dispute carried on with violence): pugna (the conflict with regard to opinions; of litterati, Cic., De Div., 2, 51, in.: hic quanta pugna est doctissimorum hominum): discrepantia: repugnantia (conflicting nature of opinions, etc.). Vid. CONTEST, STRUGGLE.