certato
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.sg. fut. act. imp. 2ndsg. fut. act. imp. 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;
abl. sg. perf. part.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Duumuiri perduellionem iudicent; si a duumuiris provocarit, provocatione certato; si vincent, caput obnubito; infelici arbori reste suspendito; verberato..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...itum ad amnem Erinden; in cuius transgressu multum certato pervicit Vardanes, prosperisque proeliis medias nationes subegit ad flumen..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...navibus, quas incensis castellis illuc adpulerant. nec diu certato Tungrorum cohors signa ad Civilem transtulit, perculsique milites improvisa..."