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
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haud discrepat, contumacia adversus contemnentes humilitatem suam nobiles certavit; civile ius, repositum in penetralibus pontificum, euolgavit fastosque circa..."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..."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..."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..."