certans
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. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...illa relapsa est, bracchiaque intendens prendique et prendere certans nil nisi cedentes infelix arripit auras. iamque iterum moriens..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...spurco Damae latus? haud ita Troiae me gessi, certans semper melioribus.' 'ergo pauper eris.' 'fortem hoc animum tolerare..."