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
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..."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..."