oppūgnō āvī, ātus, āre ob+pugno, to fight against, attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with. civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse, Cs.: vineis, turribus oppidum: molibus urbem, V.: illi oppugnatum venturi erant

—quem?

—Fig., to attack, assault, assail: consulem: pecuniā nos: aequitatem verbis: id ne impetremus, contend.