altercantes
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;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- Q
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..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iussit: sedemus desides domi mulierum ritu inter nos altercantes, praesenti pace laeti nec cernentes ex otio illo brevi..."