contendendum
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;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...propter latitudinem, rapiditatem altitudinemque fluminis, tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non traducendum exercitum existimabat. Rationem pontis hanc..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...sibi saepius accidere posset, omni ratione Caesar contendendum existimavit ut insulam molemque ad insulam pertinentem in suam redigeret..."