certo
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. ind. 1st - Entry →certus, certa -um, certior -or -us, certissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fixed, settled, firm; certain; trusty/reliable; sure; resolved, determined;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →certum, certi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
that which is fixed/regular/definite/specified/certain/fact/reliable/settled;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →certo, certius, certissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
certainly, definitely, really, for certain/a fact, truly; surely, firmly;
Examples
- P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...undis. non iam prima peto Mnestheus neque vincere certo (quamquam o!—sed superent quibus hoc, Neptune, dedisti); extremos..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lenta, levis cursu, praefixa hastilia ferro, horum unum certo contorquens derigit ictu. substitit Aeneas et se collegit..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...corpora guttis. Haec potior suboles, hinc caeli tempore certo dulcia mella premes, nec tantum dulcia, quantum et liquida..." - M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...Kalendas Novembris dicere in senatu fore in armis certo die, qui dies futurus esset ante diem..." - M
In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...neque lingua deerat. Iam ad certas res conficiendas certos homines delectos ac descriptos habebat. Neque vero, cum aliquid..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...certus quidam est datus, sic vita agenda est certo genere quodam, non quolibet; quod genus conveniens consentaneumque dicimus..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pectus; ultima prona via est et eget moderamine certo: tunc etiam quae me subiectis excipit undis, ne ferar..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...montis insuper altos imposuit, regemque dedit, qui foedere certo et premere et laxas sciret dare iussus habenas..."
