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
- L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."