certare
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;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - 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;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd
Examples
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...peior quam ego siem. SOPH. Malitia certare tecum miseria est. PAEG. Mers tu mala es. SO. Quid..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...suum laetis ad sidera nomenuocibus et plausu cuneos certare sonantes;qualis erat populi facies clamorque fauentisolim, cum iuuenis..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...corpore toto; nam facere inter dum velle et certare videntur. usque adeo cupide in Veneris compagibus haerent, membra..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...passimque videre errare atque viam palantis quaerere vitae, certare ingenio, contendere nobilitate, noctes atque dies niti praestante labore..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nostra, cammare, lance rubes. Grex tuus Iliaco poterat certare cinaedo: at mihi succurrit pro Ganymede manus. Ex opibus..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...montis in ardua niti, hos innare uadis, certare parentibus illos; tunc uacuo sub corde mouet, qui molle domandi..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...summa per aequora flexus emicet et uisis malit certare carinis: talis agit sparsos, mediisque in fluctibus heros frena..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...alia multa quae poscet dabo. meliust te minis certare mecum quam minaciis. PHRON. Lepidu's ecastor mortalis..."