refractory
refractory
adj.
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̄δης ; see also disobedient.
Unmanageable: P. and V. ἄ̆πορος.
adj.
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̄δης ; see also disobedient.
Unmanageable: P. and V. ἄ̆πορος.
REFRACTORY
contumax: imperium detrectans. ☞ Refractariolus (= “contentious” of judicial oratory) occurs Cic. Att. 2 1 3 in a passage which Orelli rejects: refractarius Sen. Ep. 73. Praefractus has not this meaning; Vid: Dict.
contumax: imperium detrectans. ☞ Refractariolus (= “contentious” of judicial oratory) occurs Cic. Att. 2 1 3 in a passage which Orelli rejects: refractarius Sen. Ep. 73. Praefractus has not this meaning; Vid: Dict.
refractory:
1. contŭmax, cis: r. oxen, c. boves, Col. 6, 2, 10: r. towards those set over him, in superiores c., Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52: Cic.: arrogance of speech and a r. spirit, arrogantia oris et c. animus, Tac. A. 5, 3: a r. syllable, c. syllaba, Mart. 9, 11, 12.
2. rĕfractārius (very rare): Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3, has the dimin. refractariolus, somewhat contentious. Join: contumax ac r., Sen. Ep. 73, 1. Phr.: he disbanded the tenth legion, which was growing r., decimam legionem contumacius parentem dimisit, Suet. Aug. 24: to be r., "adversus stimulum calcare," Ter Ph. 1, 2, 28 (lit. "to kick against the pricks"); if he who is to be taught will not prove r., si is qui instituetur non repugnaverit, Quint. 8 prooem., 5.
1. contŭmax, cis: r. oxen, c. boves, Col. 6, 2, 10: r. towards those set over him, in superiores c., Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52: Cic.: arrogance of speech and a r. spirit, arrogantia oris et c. animus, Tac. A. 5, 3: a r. syllable, c. syllaba, Mart. 9, 11, 12.
2. rĕfractārius (very rare): Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3, has the dimin. refractariolus, somewhat contentious. Join: contumax ac r., Sen. Ep. 73, 1. Phr.: he disbanded the tenth legion, which was growing r., decimam legionem contumacius parentem dimisit, Suet. Aug. 24: to be r., "adversus stimulum calcare," Ter Ph. 1, 2, 28 (lit. "to kick against the pricks"); if he who is to be taught will not prove r., si is qui instituetur non repugnaverit, Quint. 8 prooem., 5.