quibble
quibble
v. intrans.
P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, P. and V. σοφίζεσθαι.
v. intrans.
P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, P. and V. σοφίζεσθαι.
quibble
subs.
P. παραγωγή, ἡ, Ar. and P. σόφισμα, τό.
subs.
P. παραγωγή, ἡ, Ar. and P. σόφισμα, τό.
QUIBBLE
v. cavillari.
v. cavillari.
s. cavillatio.
quibble, quibbling (subs.):
1. captio, f.: dialectic q.s, c. dialecticae, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: to answer q.s, captiones refellĕre, Cic. Fat. 13, 30 c. discutere, id. Acad. 2, 15, 46: and dim. captiuncŭla, f.: id. Att. 15, 7: v.SOPHISM : adv., to speak in q.s, captĭose dicere: to use contemptible q.s, cf. quo nihil captiosius potest dici, id. Rosc. Com. 17 52.
2. căvilla, f. (very rare): come, no quibbling! aufer cavillam! Pl. Aul. 4, 4, 11: deriv. căvillātio, f.: a q. about a name, nominis c., Suet. Gramm. 3: cf. c. infelix verborum, Quint. 10, 7, 14: cavillationes ineptae, id. 7, 9, 4: sine metu cavillationis, id. 2, 14, 5 cf.QUIRK .
3. călumnia, f.: cf. res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis, Cic. Fam. 4, 1.
4. ambāges, ium, f. pl.: leave off q.g and attend to me, ambages mitte atque hoc age, Pl. Cist. 4, 2, 81: to invent, or hunt up childish q.s, cf. vix pueris dignas amb. exquirere, Liv. 9, 11, fin.
5. argūtĭŏla, f., Gell. 9, 14, fin.
6. sŏphisma, ătis, n. (= captio in later writers): Gell. 18, 13.
7. quaestiuncŭla vafra: Sen. Ep. iii. 1.
1. captio, f.: dialectic q.s, c. dialecticae, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: to answer q.s, captiones refellĕre, Cic. Fat. 13, 30 c. discutere, id. Acad. 2, 15, 46: and dim. captiuncŭla, f.: id. Att. 15, 7: v.
2. căvilla, f. (very rare): come, no quibbling! aufer cavillam! Pl. Aul. 4, 4, 11: deriv. căvillātio, f.: a q. about a name, nominis c., Suet. Gramm. 3: cf. c. infelix verborum, Quint. 10, 7, 14: cavillationes ineptae, id. 7, 9, 4: sine metu cavillationis, id. 2, 14, 5 cf.
3. călumnia, f.: cf. res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis, Cic. Fam. 4, 1.
4. ambāges, ium, f. pl.: leave off q.g and attend to me, ambages mitte atque hoc age, Pl. Cist. 4, 2, 81: to invent, or hunt up childish q.s, cf. vix pueris dignas amb. exquirere, Liv. 9, 11, fin.
5. argūtĭŏla, f., Gell. 9, 14, fin.
6. sŏphisma, ătis, n. (= captio in later writers): Gell. 18, 13.
7. quaestiuncŭla vafra: Sen. Ep. iii. 1.
quibble (v.):
1. calvor, 3, dep. (obsol.):SI.CALVITUR.PEDEMVE.STRUIT. , Fragm. xii. Tab. in Fest. s. v. struere: Gai. Dig. 50, 16, 233: cf. to q. on the resemblance of words, te vocis calvi similitudine, Pac. in Non. 6, 29: Pass. Impers. cf. contra ille calvi ratus, Sall. Hist. Fragm. ib. 7, 8.
2. căvillor, ātus, dep.: cf. cavillari tum tribuni, Liv. 3, 20: verba patrum cavillantem (quibbling about), Tac. A. 1, 46: captiose dicere, v. sup. s.QUIBBLE (subs.).
1. calvor, 3, dep. (obsol.):
2. căvillor, ātus, dep.: cf. cavillari tum tribuni, Liv. 3, 20: verba patrum cavillantem (quibbling about), Tac. A. 1, 46: captiose dicere, v. sup. s.