partisan
partisan
subs.
P. ἑταῖρος, ὁ (Thuc. 8.65).
One who favours (a party): use adj., P. and V. εὔνους.
The partisans of Pisander: P. οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Πείσανδρον (Thuc. 8.65), οἱ περὶ τὸν Πείσανδρον (Thuc. 8.67; cf., Ar. Vesp. 1302).
The partisans of Athens: P. οἱ τὰ Ἀθηναίων φρονοῦντες.
subs.
P. ἑταῖρος, ὁ (Thuc. 8.65).
One who favours (a party): use adj., P. and V. εὔνους.
The partisans of Pisander: P. οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Πείσανδρον (Thuc. 8.65), οἱ περὶ τὸν Πείσανδρον (Thuc. 8.67; cf., Ar. Vesp. 1302).
The partisans of Athens: P. οἱ τὰ Ἀθηναίων φρονοῦντες.
PARTISAN
Belonging to anybody’s party fautor studiosus alicujus: qui facit sentit cum aliquo: partisans factio; qui sunt ab aliquo; qui stant cum or ab aliquo; qui alicujus partibus favet; qui student alicui; qui sentiunt cum aliquo.
A kind of halberd bipennis (sc. securis).
Belonging to anybody’s party fautor studiosus alicujus: qui facit sentit cum aliquo: partisans factio; qui sunt ab aliquo; qui stant cum or ab aliquo; qui alicujus partibus favet; qui student alicui; qui sentiunt cum aliquo.
A kind of halberd bipennis (sc. securis).
partisan (subs.):
I. An adherent of a party:
1. fautor (in good or bad sense): a shout is raised by the p.s of both, clamor ab utriusque fautoribus oritur, Liv. 1, 48, ad init.: so strong a p. of the aristocracy, tantus optimatium f., Suet. Gr. 3: cf. Cic. R. Am. 6, 16, f. nobilitatis (in good sense).
2. expr. by stŭdiōsus; stŭdeo, 2 (denoting warm attachment or devotion to: the verb with dat.; adj. with gen.): a p. of the nobility, studiosus nobilitatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125: neither to have the feelings of a p. nor to hate, neque studere neque odisse, Sall. Cat. 51, init. Join: studiosi ac fautores [illius victoriae], Cic. Att. 1, 16, med.
3. factiōsus (homo): Sall. Cat. 54, fin. Also factio (collectively), the body of p.s: v.FACTION , PARTY . Phr.: the p.s of Plato and Aristotle, illi a Platone et Aristotele, Cic. Mur. 30, 63: a tribune who was a p. of Marius, Marianus tr. pl., id. Agr. 3, 2, 7: so, esp. in pl., the p.s of Sulla, Sullani, ib.; of Gracchus, Gracchani, etc.
II. A kind of pike: perh. bĭpennis (battle-axe): Virg. See also foll. art.
I. An adherent of a party:
1. fautor (in good or bad sense): a shout is raised by the p.s of both, clamor ab utriusque fautoribus oritur, Liv. 1, 48, ad init.: so strong a p. of the aristocracy, tantus optimatium f., Suet. Gr. 3: cf. Cic. R. Am. 6, 16, f. nobilitatis (in good sense).
2. expr. by stŭdiōsus; stŭdeo, 2 (denoting warm attachment or devotion to: the verb with dat.; adj. with gen.): a p. of the nobility, studiosus nobilitatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125: neither to have the feelings of a p. nor to hate, neque studere neque odisse, Sall. Cat. 51, init. Join: studiosi ac fautores [illius victoriae], Cic. Att. 1, 16, med.
3. factiōsus (homo): Sall. Cat. 54, fin. Also factio (collectively), the body of p.s: v.
II. A kind of pike: perh. bĭpennis (battle-axe): Virg. See also foll. art.
partisan: Phr.: to carry on a p. warfare, carptim expeditis militibus hostem lacessere, bellum gerere, cf. Liv. 22, 16, init.: a p. mode of warfare was better than waging war with large armies, multas passim manus quam magnam molem unius exercitus rectius bella gerere, id. 3, 2, extr.: a good p. leader, *strenuus praedonum latronumque dux; *incursionibus populationibusque magis quam justo bello idoneus; *lacessendo hosti magis quam justae aciei utilis (idoneus).