contestatione
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contestatio, contestationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
affirmation of declaration; joinder of issue (w/litis)/formal entering of suit;; attesting, proving by witnesses, testimony; conclusive proof; earnest entreaty;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...misera atque maesta iniuriae publicae contestatione ecquid est, quod aut ampliter insigniterque aut lacrimose atque miseranter aut multa..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...reperio; nam compositum esse dixit a mentis contestatione. Quid igitur "calciamentum", quid "paludamentum", quid "pavimentum", quid "vestimentum", quid..."
