con-flīgo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
I Act. (rare), to strike one thing against or on another, to strike, bring , or join together, to unite.
A Prop.: semina, Lucr. 4, 1216 (but in id. 2, 98, the read. is confulta; v. confultus).—
B Trop., to oppose in comparison, to contrast : factum adversarii cum scripto, Cic. Inv. 2, 43, 126.—
II Neutr., to be in conflict, to contend, fight, combat .
A Prop. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry); constr. with cum, contra, adversus, inter se , or absol .
α With cum : manu cum hoste confligere, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81; id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Dom. 25, 66; Sall. C. 57 fin. ; Liv. 4, 17, 8: cum Hannibale acie, id. 30, 19, 11; Suet. Vesp. 4.—
β Contra : contra sceleratissimam conspirationem hostium, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a, 5.—
γ Adversus : adversus Rhodiorum classem, Nep. Hann. 8 fin. —
δ Absol. : ad confligendum venientibus undique Poenis, Lucr. 3, 833: armis, Cic. Pis. 9, 20; id. Caecin. 16, 46: angusto mari, Nep. Them. 4, 5: duas aquilas in conspectu omnium conflixisse, Suet. Vesp. 5.—
2 Transf., of inanim. subjects: confligunt hiemes aestatibus, Lucr. 6, 373: adversi venti Confligunt, Verg. A. 2, 417.—
B Trop.: causae, quae inter se confligunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25: illae (naves) adeo graviter inter se incitatae conflixerunt, ut vehementissime utraque ex concursu laboraret, Caes. B. C. 2, 6; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 12; 7, 7, 4. —Of a contest in words: leviore actione confligere, Cic. Caecin. 3, 8; so impers. , Quint. 5, 7, 3; Cic. Fin. 4, 2, 3.