verb deponent

altercor

2nd PP altercārī · 3rd PP altercātus · conj. 1st

to have a discussion; difference with another; to dispute; to wrangle

to have a discussion or difference with another, to dispute; to wrangle, quarrel, etc. (constr. cum aliquo, inter se, and alicui with acc. and absol.).

In gen.: cur illa hic mecum altercata est? Pac. ap. Non. 470, 7: Labienus… •

In gen.: cur illa hic mecum altercata est? Pac. ap. Non. 470, 7: Labienus altercari cum Vatinio incipit, Caes. B. C. 3, 19: mulierum ritu inter nos altercantes, Liv. 3, 68.—Once with acc.: dum hunc et hujusmodi sermonem altercamur, App. M. 2, p. 115, 40: nimium altercando veritas amittitur, P. Syr. ap. Gell. 17, 14.—

to strive to gain the victory over an opponent in a court of justice by putting questions for him to answer; to contend; struggle with poetic •

Esp., in rhet. lang., to strive to gain the victory over an opponent in a court of justice by putting questions for him to answer (cf. altercatio, II.): Crassus in altercando invenit parem neminem, in crossexamining, Cic. Brut. 43.—Hence poet., in gen, to contend, struggle with: altercante libidinibus pavore, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 57.

Perseus ID: n2020 Key: altercor