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1. oppugno (obp-), āvi, ātum (old inf. fut. oppugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55; v. Roby, Gram. 1, 197 sq.), 1, v. a. [obpugno], to fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with (class.; cf.: obsideo, occupo).
- I. Lit.: omnes Galliae civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: aggeribus, vineis, turribus oppugnabam oppidum, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: castra, Caes. B. G. 6, 41: locum, id. ib. 5, 21: clamor oppugnantis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Ann. v. 408 Vahl.): castelli oppugnandi spes, Liv. 21, 57: se Macedoniam oppugnaturum dicebat, id. 42, 32: oppugnante aliquo, Just. 9, 5, 4: quoniam externo hoste oppugnarentur, id. 18, 2, 2: Methonam urbem, id. 7, 6, 14: 25, 4, 7: nos et civitatem, Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 50.
- II. Trop., to attack, assault, assail: non oportuisse Metellum, patrem tuum, oppugnari a me, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6: pecuniā aliquem, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: rem, id. de Or. 2, 38, 161: aliquem clandestinis consiliis, id. Or. 66, 223: aequitatem verbis, id. Caecin. 24, 67: consilia alicujus, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 154: delictum, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 52: senem, to lay siege to, circumvent, id. Ep. 1, 2, 60: sonipes celer … Oppugnat frenis, struggles against, resists, Coripp. Joann. 4, 468.
2. oppugno (obp-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-pugnus], to beat with fists, to buffet (Plautin.): os, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 56.