certaretur
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. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd - 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. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...nostros, quod tam diu pari proelio cum Alexandrinis certaretur. Itaque eodem tempore equites Germani dispersi vada fluminis quaerentes..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...priore Punico bello tum cum de Sicilia certaretur totiens Africam ab nostris exercitibusque et classibus oppugnatam, nunc..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...decore aut recenti libertate et contra augendae dominationi certaretur. non alias maiore mole concursum neque ambiguo magis eventu..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...eversum orbem etiam cum de principatu inter bonos certaretur, sed mansisse G. Iulio, mansisse Caeare Augusto victore imperium..."