competere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →competo, competere, competivi, competitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
meet; happen at same time, coincide; agree; be candidate/face (death) together;; be sound/capable/applicable/relevant/sufficient/adequate/competent/admissible;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...primam partem orationis in hoc intendit? ut actionem competere in equitem Romanum neget, secunda nullam ad eum pecuniam..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...formidine attonitus neque animo neque auribus aut lingua competere. Et numeri eorum Metellus per litteras gnarus. Illo profectus..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...velut captus animi non lingua, non auribus competere, neque alienis consiliis regi neque sua expedire, huc illuc clamoribus..."