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
- P
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..." - Q
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..."