contendebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contendo, contendere, contendi, contentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stretch, draw tight, make taut; draw/bend (bow/catapult); tune; stretch out;; compete/contend (fight/law), dispute; compare/match/contrast; demand/press for;; strain/tense; make effort, strive for; speak seriously/passionately; assert;; hurl, shoot; direct; travel; extend; rush to, be in a hurry, hasten;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...sincerae vetustatis libri, quos venditor sine mendis esse contendebat. Grammaticus autem quispiam de nobilioribus ab emptore ad spectandos..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...semidoctum putat, sed ratione dictum certa et proba contendebat, qua et Graeci ita uterentur et Plautus verborum Latinorum..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...quibus M. Antoni quaestoris sui, commendaverat sacerdoti petitionem. Contendebat enim gratia cum libenter pro homine sibi coniunctissimo, quem..."