contenderim
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. perf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...esse quidni libenter non concesserim modo uerum etiam contenderim? Sed hi qui sint non cuiuscumque est pronuntiare. Tutius..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae philosophorum libris continentur, tamen ea iure vereque contenderim esse operis nostri proprieque ad artem oratoriam pertinere..." - M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...constabat patrem filio senem solvendo non esse. contenderim quin immo iuvenis fuisse consilium, ut pater, cui matrimonium filiumque..."