certet
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. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tenent, aut qui Caspia fortibus recludunt iuga Sarmatis, certet Danuuii uadum audet qui pedes ingredi et (quocumque loco..."Ecloga V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...solus tibi certat Amyntas. Mopsus Quid, si idem certet Phoebum superare canendo? Menalcas Incipe, Mopse, prior, si quos..."Ecloga IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...formosus Apollo. Pan etiam, Arcadia mecum si iudice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se iudice victum. Incipe, parve..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...doctam. quod tamen ipsa negat tantaque offensa magistra 'certet' ait 'mecum: nihil est, quod victa recusem!' Pallas anum..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...loci res suas agi, ut de matrimonio certet, quamquam id sibi vita potius, sed vitam ipsam in extremum..."