contentionum

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• contentio, contentionis:

  Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension

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  Very Frequent

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  Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

  = stretching, tension; strenuous exercise (physical/mental); comparison (of ADJ);; competition, struggle, effort, exertion; controversy, contention, contrast;; raising voice, speaking passionately/vigorously/formally; intensification;

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  gen. pl.