certavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haud discrepat, contumacia adversus contemnentes humilitatem suam nobiles certavit; civile ius, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, euolgavit fastosque circa..." - P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Missus in eos eques cum expeditis cohortibus ambigue certavit; mox cessere hostes et sequentibus diebus crebra pro portis..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Geldubam] mox haud procul Novaesio equestri proelio prospere certavit. sed miles secundis adversisque perinde in exitium ducum accendebatur..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...aequabat. nemo in illa aula probitate aut industria certavit: unum ad potentiam iter, prodigis epulis et sumptu ganeaque..."