contente, contentius, contentissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
with great exertion, vehemently, vigorously; eagerly, earnestly;
Inflections
positive
contente, contentius, contentissime
comparative
contente
superlative
contente
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...dicere audivi, qui plerasque Plauti comoedias curiose atque contente lectitarunt, non indicibus Aelii nec Sedigiti nec Claudii..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...superi, preces, incolumis illi remeat—o nulla dolor contente poena, quaere supplicia horrida, incogitata, infanda, Iunonem doce quid..."