contenderit
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. futperf. act. ind. 3rdsg. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- G
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...parentes exhorruerunt, ut pater magno opere semper contenderit ne qua ei provincia vivo se committeretur, mater et missum..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nemo annalis nostros cum scriptura eorum contenderit qui veteres populi Romani res composuere. ingentia illi bella, expugnationes urbium..."
