decertator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decertator, decertatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
champion; he who goes through a decisive contest;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →decerto, decertare, decertavi, decertatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fight (issue out/to the finish); contend/dispute/argue; struggle/compete over;
sg. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ignorare nomina, quibusque rebus cum is aequalibus decertant, si vicerunt, efferunt se laetitia, victi debilitantur animosque demittunt. quorum..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inde opere reliquum diei de imperatore sumendo sententiis decertant, nulli ex praesentibus satis fidentes: quem autem ab Roma..."
