certant
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...retur, minimum qui misit mihi. illi inter se certant donis, egomet mecum mussito: bona mea inhiant, me certatim..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...loquar cogitatumst, ita animi decem in pectore incerti certant. nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim scio, tantus..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...numenet uiuam magnae speciem Virtutis adorant;telaque confixis certant euellere membris, 255exornantque deos ac nudum pectore Martemarmis, Scaeua..."Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...orator bonus, horridus miles amatur. Haut doctis dictis certantes nec maledictis miscent inter sese inimicitiam agitantes..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...multis convenere undique adaucta, confertae nubes umorem mittere certant dupliciter; nam vis venti contrudit et ipsa copia nimborum..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...certamine bellum magnis [inter se] de rebus cernere certant, cum semel interea fuerit superantior ignis et semel..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Tucca, relinque mihi. XCV Musseti pathicissimos libellos, Qui certant Sybariticis libellis, Et tinctas sale pruriente chartas Instanti lege..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Strabax, perge obsecro. AST. Stultus atque insanus damnis certant: nos salvae sumus. STRAT. Age prior prompta aliquid. STRAB..."