certandum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →certo, certare, certavi, certatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
vie (with), contest, contend/struggle (at law/politics), dispute; fight, strive;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part. - Entry →certor, certari, certatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compete (in a contest), contend/struggle (at law/politics), strive;
acc. sg. fut. part.acc. sg. fut. part.nom. sg. fut. part.voc. sg. fut. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...pancratiastae vocantur. IV. Nam sicut illi ad certandum vocati proiectis alte brachiis consistunt caputque et os suum manibus..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...tamen fugiet: itaque cum celeritate temporis utendi uelocitate certandum est et uelut ex torrenti rapido nec semper ituro..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...quid iam, Turne, retractas? non cursu, saevis certandum est comminus armis. verte omnis tete in facies et contrahe..."In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...hostis. Cum luxuria nobis, cum amentia, cum scelere certandum est. Huic ego me bello ducem profiteor, Quirites; suscipio..."Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...memorent, tamen tibi cum factione nobilitatis haud mediocriter certandum est: cuius si dolum caveris, alia omnia in proclivi..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...verba Galliarum adegit, fisus Germanorum opibus et, si certandum adversus Gallos de possessione rerum foret, inclutus fama..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...coeptam manente legionum auxiliorumque discordia; ubi adversus paganos certandum foret, consensu. sed plurima strages ad septimum ab urbe..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...careotas optimas, quae nunc cum ficis et boletis certandum habent. Vale. C. PLINIUS POMPEIO SATURNINO SUO S. Peropportune..."