altercante
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alterco, altercare, altercavi, altercatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
argue/bicker/dispute/wrangle/quarrel; dispute in court; exchange conversation;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...lacerna, non es quod simulas? metuens induceris atque altercante libidinibus tremis ossa pavore. quid refert, uri virgis ferroque..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iussit: sedemus desides domi mulierum ritu inter nos altercantes, praesenti pace laeti nec cernentes ex otio illo brevi..."