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
- M
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..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...formidine attonitus neque animo neque auribus aut lingua competere. Et numeri eorum Metellus per litteras gnarus. Illo profectus..." - P
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..."