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
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..."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..."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..."