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  • 1 certō

        certō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [certus], to match, vie with, fight, contend, struggle, combat, do battle: armis cum hoste, an venenis?: pugnis, calcibus: proelio, S.: de salute, Ta.: de ambiguo agro bello, L.: acie, V.: animis iniquis, V.: in Bruti salute certatur: maximā vi certatur, S. — Fig., to contend, struggle, strive: inter se quo iure certarent: in centumvirali iudicio: provocatione, L.: si quid se iudice certes, H.: foro si res certabitur olim, be tried, H.: cui (multae) certandae cum dies advenisset, L.: certata lite deorum Ambracia, the subject of arbitration, O.: quicum omni ratione certandum sit: (carmina) certantia iudice Tarpā, recited in competition, H. — To contend, compete, wrestle, struggle, strive, vie, match: cursu cum aequalibus, S.: si nautae certarent, quis eorum potissimum gubernaret: dic, mecum quo pignore certes (in music), V.: Carmine vilem ob hircum, H.: solus tibi certat Amyntas, is your only rival, V.: Certent et cycnis ululae, V.—With inf: Phoebum superare canendo, V.: aequales certat superare legendo (violas), O.: inter se eruere quercum, V.: praedas certantes agere, with all their might, S.: Avidi gloriae certantes murum petere, striving to outdo one another, S.—Fig., to compete, vie, emulate, rival: Benedictis si certasset, T.: cum civibus de virtute, S.: cum aliorum improbitate: contumaciā adversus nobiles, L.: vobiscum de amore rei p.: virtute oportere, non genere certari.—Poet.: viridique certat Baca Venafro, H.: decerpens Certantem uvam purpurae, H.: (hunc) tergeminis tollere honoribus (i. e. tollendo), H.
    * * *
    I
    certare, certavi, certatus V
    vie (with), contest, contend/struggle (at law/politics), dispute; fight, strive
    II
    certius, certissime ADV
    certainly, definitely, really, for certain/a fact, truly; surely, firmly

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  • 2 contendo

    con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
    I.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    arcum,

    Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:

    tenacia vincla,

    Verg. G. 4, 412:

    ilia risu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):

    oculi contendunt se,

    Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:

    ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—
    B.
    Meton.
    1.
    (Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:

    infensam hastam,

    Verg. A. 10, 521:

    tela,

    id. ib. 12, 815:

    sagittas nervo,

    Sil. 1, 323:

    telum aërias in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 520. —
    2.
    Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:

    haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,

    Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:

    Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,

    Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

    contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,

    id. Fat. 10, 21:

    summas vires de palmā,

    Lucr. 4, 990:

    animum in curas,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:

    quo se dira libido,

    Lucr. 4, 1043:

    tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:

    id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—
    (β).
    With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:

    hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 21:

    summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,

    id. ib. 3, 15:

    fugā salutem petere,

    id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:

    neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—
    2.
    Neutr.:

    quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,

    Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:

    quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,

    Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,

    remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:

    contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:

    vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,

    Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:

    non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),

    to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—
    B.
    In partic.,
    1.
    To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.
    a.
    Act.
    (α).
    With acc. (very rare):

    rectā plateā cursum suum,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:

    nocte unā tantum itineris,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
    (β).
    With inf. (freq.):

    Bibracte ire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

    ire cum his legionibus,

    id. ib. 1, 10:

    in Britanniam proficisci,

    id. ib. 4, 20:

    in provinciam reverti,

    id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:

    Dyrrhachium petere,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:

    proxima litora petere cursu,

    Verg. A. 1, 158; and:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—
    b.
    Neutr. (so most freq.):

    in Italiam magnis itineribus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:

    huc magnis itineribus,

    id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:

    huc magno cursu,

    id. ib. 3, 19:

    inde in Italiam,

    id. ib. 1, 33:

    in fines Sigambrorum,

    id. ib. 4, 18:

    in castra,

    id. ib. 4, 37:

    ex eo loco ad flumen,

    id. ib. 2, 9:

    ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,

    id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:

    ad oppidum Noviodunum,

    id. ib. 2, 12:

    ad castra,

    id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:

    ad hostes,

    id. ib. 5, 9:

    ad Amanum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:

    Lacedaemonem,

    Nep. Cim. 3, 3:

    domum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:

    ad ultimum animo,

    Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:

    magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,

    id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ad salutem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —
    2.
    ( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.
    (α).
    Cum aliquo:

    neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:

    cum Sequanis bello,

    id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:

    cum eo armis,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

    cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,

    Sall. C. 53, 3:

    cum barbaro,

    Nep. Con. 4, 3:

    cum victore,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:

    mecum ingenio et arte,

    Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:

    cum eo de principatu,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:

    divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,

    Sall. J. 4, 7:

    humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:

    tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—
    (β).
    Contra aliquem:

    contra populum Romanum armis,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

    contra vim gravitatemque morbi,

    id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:

    nihil contra naturam universam,

    id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—
    * (γ).
    Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
    (δ).
    With dat. ( poet.):

    hirundo cycnis,

    Lucr. 3, 6:

    Homero,

    Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:

    Pindaricis plectris,

    Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
    (ε).
    Inter se:

    hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:

    viribus inter se,

    Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:

    interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,

    the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    proelio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;

    3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,

    id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:

    translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,

    Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:

    summo jure contenditur,

    Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:

    de his lite contenditur,

    Quint. 3, 4, 8:

    de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,

    id. 10, 5, 13.—
    * b.
    In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;

    illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—
    3.
    ( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
    (α).
    With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:

    id cum defensione nostrā,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:

    rationem meam cum tuā ratione,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—
    * (β).
    With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
    (γ).
    With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:

    vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—
    (δ).
    With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:

    ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:

    leges,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:

    suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,

    Tac. A. 12, 1:

    vetera et praesentia,

    id. ib. 13, 3.—
    4.
    ( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:

    cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,

    Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,

    ab aliquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:

    a magistris de proferendo die,

    id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

    ne quid contra aequitatem,

    id. Off. 2, 20, 71:

    omni opere, ut, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 2:

    magno opere, ne, etc.,

    id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:

    pertinaciter,

    id. Caes. 1.—
    5.
    ( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
    (α).
    With acc. and inf.:

    sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,

    Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:

    apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:

    illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—
    (β).
    Absol. (very rare):

    si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,

    Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:

    qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:

    acies oculorum,

    Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:

    contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,

    Suet. Tib. 7:

    contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:

    contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),

    Verg. G. 3, 536:

    Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,

    with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—
    B.
    Trop., eager, intent:

    contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,

    Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:

    et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,

    id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:

    contentissimā voce clamitans,

    App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:

    pro se dicere... mittere contentius,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:

    acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,

    Gell. 18, 1, 2:

    contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:

    ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,

    id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:

    aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,

    Gell. 3, 3, 1.

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  • 3 aemulor

    aemŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [aemulus], to rival, to endeavor to equal or to excel one, to emulate, vie with, in a good and bad sense; hence (as a consequence of this action). to equal one by emulating.
    I.
    In a good sense, constr. with acc., v. II.:

    quoniam aemulari non licet, nunc invides,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 26:

    omnes ejus instituta laudare facilius possunt quam aemulari,

    Cic. Fl. 26; Nep. Epam. 5; Liv. 1, 18; cf. Tac. H. 3, 81: Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari, * Hor. C. 4, 2, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 62:

    severitatem alicujus,

    Tac. H. 2, 68:

    virtutes majorum,

    id. Agr. 15 et saep.— Transf. of things:

    Basilicae uvae Albanum vinum aemulantur,

    Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 30.—Prov.:

    aemulari umbras,

    to fight shadows, Prop. 3, 32, 19 (cf. Cic. Att. 15, 20: qui umbras timet).—
    II.
    In a bad sense, to strive after or vie with enviously, to be envious of, be jealous of, zêlotupein; constr. with dat., while in the first signif. down to Quint. with acc.; v. Spald. ad Quint. 10, 1, 122;

    Rudd. II. p. 151: iis aemulemur, qui ea habent, quae nos habere cupimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 19; cf. 4, 26; Just. 6, 9.—Also with cum:

    ne mecum aemuletur,

    Liv. 28, 43:

    inter se,

    Tac. H. 2, 81.—With inf.:

    aemulabantur corruptissimum quemque pretio inlicere,

    Tac. H. 2, 62.—Hence, * aemŭlanter, adv., emulously, Tert. c. Haer. 40.

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  • 4 provoco

    prō-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to call forth, call out.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43:

    ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40:

    mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem,

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 25:

    dum rota Luciferi provocet orta diem,

    lead up, call forth, Tib. 1, 9, 62:

    Memnonis mater roseo provocet ore diem,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456:

    provocare et elicere novas radiculas,

    Col. 3, 15, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.):

    provocat me in aleam,

    challenged me to a game, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75:

    pedibus,

    to a race, id. Ep. 5, 1, 58:

    aliquem tesseris,

    Macr. S. 1, 10:

    aliquem cantatum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

    aliquem ad pugnam,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos temere provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4:

    et oleo et mero viros provocant,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 21:

    aliquem ad bibendum,

    Vop. Firm. 4.—
    2.
    In jurid. lang., to take a cause before a higher court, to appeal, make an appeal; in this signif. usually neutr., ad aliquem; act. only post-class., with the judge to whom the appeal is made as object (cf. appello).
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: quam id rectum sit, tu judicabis;

    ne ad Catonem quidem provocabo,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 7:

    provoco ad populum,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    arreptus a viatore, Provoco, inquit,

    I appeal, id. 3, 56:

    si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,

    id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56:

    ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—
    (β).
    Act., to appeal to a judge (post-class.):

    si judicem provocent,

    Dig. 8, 28, 6:

    si praefectus urbi judicem dederit, ipse erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit,

    ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also:

    provocare judicium ad populum,

    to bring the decision before the people by appeal, Val. Max. 8, 1, 1;

    rarely, aliquem ad judicem,

    to cite, summon before, App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.):

    aliquem virtute,

    to vie with him in virtue, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4:

    elegia Graecos provocamus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.:

    ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32:

    immensum latus Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat,

    id. Pan. 51, 3.—
    B.
    To challenge, incite, provoke to any thing:

    felicitas temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.:

    omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare,

    Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21:

    tacentes ad communionem sermonis,

    id. Aug. 74.—
    C.
    To excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse with any thing (class.;

    syn.: irrito, lacesso): qui non solum a me provocatus sed etiam suā sponte solet, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

    aliquem beneficio,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 48:

    sermonibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

    minis et verbis,

    Tac. H. 3, 24:

    bello,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    injuriā,

    id. A. 14, 49 et saep.:

    ad iracundiam,

    Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —
    D.
    To call forth, occasion, produce, cause:

    officia comitate,

    Tac. H. 5, 1:

    mortem tot modis,

    Plin. 19, praef. 1, §

    5: bellum,

    Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.—
    E.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To appeal to any thing, to cite as authority or proof (late Lat.):

    ad litteras Pudentillae,

    App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40:

    ad Judaeorum Codices provocare,

    Aug. Serm. 202, 3.

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  • 5 aemulor

        aemulor ātus, ārī    [aemulus], to rival, vie with, emulate, strive to excel: eius instituta: Agamemnonem, N.: studia, L.: virtutes, Ta.—To envy, be jealous of: iis qui, etc.: mecum, L.: inter se, Ta.
    * * *
    aemulari, aemulatus sum V DEP
    ape, imitate, emulate; be envious, jealous of, vie with a rival; copy (book)

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  • 6 certo

    1.
    certō, adv., v. certus, adv. A.
    2.
    certo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [cerno], to decide something by a contest (cf. cerno, II. C. b.); hence, to fight, struggle, contend, combat, implying great exertion, and usually a measuring of strength (class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in a trop. signif.; syn.: decerto, contendo).
    I.
    Of a physical contest of strength;

    mostly of battle: utrum igitur utilius Fabricio... armis cum hoste certare, an venenis?

    Cic. Off. 3, 22, 87:

    adulescentium greges Lacedaemone videmus ipsi incredibili contentione certantis pugnis, calcibus, unguibus, morsu denique,

    id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77:

    manu,

    Sall. H. 2, 41, 6 Dietsch:

    proelio,

    id. J. 81, 3:

    cum Gallis pro salute,

    id. ib. 114, 2; cf. Tac. Agr. 5:

    de ambiguo agro bello,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    de imperio cum populo Romano,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 76:

    de principatu armis,

    Tac. H. 2, 47; cf. Suet. Vesp. 5:

    odiis etiam prope majoribus certarunt quam viribus,

    Liv. 21, 1, 3:

    acie,

    Verg. A. 2, 30 et saep.— Impers.: dignus quicum certetur, Pac. ap. Non. p. 473, 16: certatur limine in ipso Ausoniae, Verg. A. 10, 355; 11, 313:

    die quo Bedriaci certabatur,

    Tac. H. 2, 50:

    quā in parte rex pugnae affuit, ibi aliquamdiu certatum,

    Sall. J. 74, 3:

    in cujus (amnis) transgressu multum certato pervicit Vardanes,

    Tac. A. 11, 10; id. H. 4, 61.—Mostly poet. in pass.:

    certata lite deorum Ambracia (for the possession of which Apollo. Diana, and Hercules contended),

    Ov. M. 13, 713:

    certatus nobis orbis (i. e. de quo certavimus),

    Sil. 17, 342; cf. II. infra.—
    II.
    Out of the sphere of milit. operations, to contend, struggle, strive, emulate, vie with: certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): haut doctis dictis certantes sed maledictis, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 4 (Ann. v. 274 ib.):

    minis mecum, minaciis,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 56:

    malitiā tecum,

    id. Pers. 2, 2, 56:

    benedictis,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 20:

    certare ingenio, contendere nobilitate,

    Lucr. 2, 11:

    cum aliquo dicacitate,

    Cic. Brut. 46, 172:

    officiis inter se,

    id. Fam. 7, 31, 1; cf.:

    certatum inter collegas maledictis,

    Liv. 5, 8, 13; and:

    eo modo inter se duo imperatores certabant,

    Sall. J. 52, 1:

    cum civibus de virtute,

    id. C. 9, 2:

    pro sua quisque potentia,

    id. ib. 38, 3:

    contumaciā adversus contemnentes humilitatem suam nobiles certavit (Licinius),

    Liv. 9, 46, 4: cum usuris fructibus praediorum, to contend against interest ( to strive to pay interest) with the produce of estates, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18: cum a Cheruscis Longobardisque pro antiquo decore aut recenti libertate;

    et contra, augendae dominationi certaretur,

    Tac. A. 2, 46:

    ob hircum,

    Hor. A. P. 220:

    joco,

    id. C. 2, 12, 18:

    mero,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 31:

    animis iniquis,

    Verg. A. 10, 7:

    parsimoniā et vigiliis et labore cum ultimis militum,

    Liv. 34, 18, 5:

    sententiis,

    Tac. A. 1, 29 al.:

    ut si nautae certarent, quis eorum potissimum gubernaret,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87:

    mos gentis est, equitare jaculari cursu cum aequalibus certare,

    Sall. J. 6, 1:

    dic mecum quo pignore certes,

    Verg. E. 3, 31:

    celeri sagittā,

    id. A. 5, 485:

    certemus, spinas animone ego fortius an tu Evellas agro,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 4.— Poet., with acc.: hanc rem ( = de hac re), Sedigit. ap. Gell. 15, 24; cf. in pass.:

    cui (multae) certandae cum dies advenisset,

    Liv. 25, 3, 14.—With dat. instead of cum:

    solus tibi certat Amyntas,

    Verg. E. 5, 8; Hor. S. 2, 5, 19; id. Epod. 11, 18; 2, 20; id. C. 2, 6, 15; Verg. E. 8, 55; id. G. 2, 138; Ov. M. 14, 794.—
    2.
    Particularly of judicial disputations, to contend at law:

    inter se,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 39; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 13, §

    32: in centumvirali judicio,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,

    Liv. 1, 26, 6:

    si quid se judice certes,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 49:

    foro si res certabitur olim,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 27.—
    3.
    With inf. (mostly poet.), to strive to do something, to labor, endeavor, struggle earnestly, to exert one ' s self:

    certantes ad summum succedere honorem,

    Lucr. 5, 1123; so,

    inter se cernere,

    id. 5, 394:

    dimittere se (nubes),

    id. 6, 509:

    populum alium suorum sepelire,

    id. 6, 1247:

    Phoebum superare canendo,

    Verg. E. 5, 9:

    superare,

    Ov. M. 5, 394:

    vincere,

    Verg. A. 5, 194:

    tollere (hunc) tergeminis honoribus,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:

    inter se eruere quercum,

    Verg. A. 4, 443:

    certat quisque evadere,

    Curt. 9, 4, 33:

    frangere fluctus,

    Plin. Pan. 81 fin.; Sil. 13, 222; Stat. S. 5, 3, 191.

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  • 7 certō

        certō adv.    [certus], with certainty, certainly, surely, of a truth, in fact, really: nihil ita exspectare quasi certo futurum: ego rus abituram me esse certo decrevi, T.—With scio, I know fully, it is beyond doubt: hoc certo scio, aiebat, etc., T.: haec omnia facta esse certo scio.
    * * *
    I
    certare, certavi, certatus V
    vie (with), contest, contend/struggle (at law/politics), dispute; fight, strive
    II
    certius, certissime ADV
    certainly, definitely, really, for certain/a fact, truly; surely, firmly

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  • 8 decerto

    dē-certo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to go through a decisive contest, to fight it out (but certare, to fight, without reference to the result. But the difference was not strictly observed. Thus Caesar uses often —15 times— decertare, but never certare; Sallust only the latter; and Cicero the two indifferently; cf.: decerno, I. B. and no. II. inf.).
    I.
    In the milit. sphere.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    proelio decertare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 4; so id. ib. 7, 77, 8; id. B. C. 1, 81, 5; 3, 37; 44; cf.:

    proeliis cum acerrimis nationibus,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

    pugnā,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7:

    cum civibus armis,

    id. B. C. 3, 19;

    so ferro in ultima,

    Ov. M. 14, 804:

    cornu cum mare (aries),

    id. F. 4, 101:

    manu,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23 fin. —
    (β).
    Without abl.:

    ut (Pompeium) pari condicione belli secum decertare cogeret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 78, 3;

    so cum toto exercitu,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 7, 6:

    iterum paratum esse decertare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 9; so absol., id. ib. 2, 10; id. B. C. 2, 6; Tac. H. 2, 33 al.; Vulg. Johan. 18, 36: de salute omnium, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 3.— Pass. impers.:

    cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est,

    Cic. Lael. 8 fin.; Auct. B. Alex. 16, 6; Auct. B. Afr. 19 fin. —
    B.
    Poet. like certo (v. h. v, no. I. fin.) as v. a., to fill with strife or contention, to fight for, to achieve by fighting, contending:

    regna profanis decertata odiis,

    Stat. Th. 1, 2:

    ventis decertata aequora,

    id. ib. 479:

    decertati labores,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 21; cf.:

    Artemisia certamen laudibus ejus dicundis facit... ad eas laudes decertandas venisse dicuntur viri,

    Gell. 10, 18, 5.
    II.
    Beyond the milit. sphere, to contend: erat non jure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum;

    armis fuit dimicandum,

    Cic. Planc. 36: decertare contentione dicendi, to contend, to strive, to vie with one, id. Phil. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    tanta contentione cum consulibus,

    id. Fam. 5, 8:

    and, inter se,

    id. Fin. 5, 2, 5:

    cum sint duo genera decertandi, unum per disceptationem, alterum per vim,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34; in the gymnasium, ludicra virginum inter se [p. 519] decertantium, Mela, 1, 7, 4.—
    * B.
    Poet. of inanimate subjects: Africus Decertans Aquilonibus, * Hor. Od. 1, 3, 13.

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  • 9 aemulo

    aemulare, aemulavi, aemulatus V TRANS
    ape, imitate, emulate; be envious, jealous of, vie with a rival; copy (book)

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  • 10 concerto

    concertare, concertavi, concertatus V
    fight, engage in a contest, vie with; dispute, debate (zealously); argue over

    Latin-English dictionary > concerto

  • 11 concertor

    concertari, concertatus sum V DEP
    fight, engage in a contest, vie with, dispute, debate (zealously); argue over

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  • 12 certātim

        certātim adv.    [2 certo], in rivalry, emulously, zealously, with competition: quem amamus, vie in loving: saxa mittere, S.: cantat nauta atque via tor, H.—Earnestly, zealously, eagerly: umeris infundere rores, V.: Actaeona clamant (comites), O.: Delphi totā ex urbe ruentes, Ct.: conlucent ignibus agri, rival one another in splendor, V.
    * * *
    with rivalry, in competition; earnestly, eagerly (L+S)

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  • 13 con-tendō

        con-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch, bend, draw tight, strain: arcum, V.: tormenta: vincla, V.: ilia risu, O.—To aim, draw, make ready: nervo equino telum, V.—To aim, shoot, hurl, dart, throw: Mago hastam (i. e. in Magum), V.: telum in auras, V.—Fig., to strain, stretch, exert: nervos aetatis meae: animum in curas, O.: ad hunc cursum (i. e. ad huius imperium), follow zealously, V.—To strive for, press, pursue, prosecute, hasten, exert oneself: id sibi contendendum existimabat, Cs.: hunc (locum) oppugnare contendit, zealously lays siege to, Cs.: summā vi transcendere in hostium navīs, Cs.: in Britanniam proficisci, Cs.: litora cursu petere, V.: voce ut populus hoc exaudiat: remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Cs.: ne patiamini imperatorem eripi: quantum maxime possem, contenderem: oculo quantum Lynceus, reach with the sight, H.—To march, press on, seek, journey hastily, hasten: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Cs.: huc magno cursu, Cs.: ad castra, Cs.: Lacedaemonem, N.: ad summam laudem maximis laboribus: quo contendimus, pervenire: nocte unā tantum itineris.—To measure together, compare, contrast: causas ipsas: leges: id cum defensione nostrā: ostro vellera, H.—To measure strength, strive, dispute, fight, contend, vie: proelio, Cs.: magis virtute quam dolo, Cs.: rapido cursu, V.: Moribus, H.: frustra, V.: iactu aleae de libertate, play for, Ta.: is liceri non destitit; illi contenderunt, kept bidding (at an auction): tecum de honore: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, S.: cum victore, H.: humilitas cum dignitate: Nec cellis contende Falernis, compete with, V.: contra populum R. armis, Cs.: contra vim morbi: de potentatu inter se, Cs.: non iam de vitā Sullae contenditur, the dispute is: proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Cs.—To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, seek: a me (ut dicerem), qui, etc.: a Pythio ut venderet: a militibus ne, etc., Cs.: hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur: ne quid contra aequitatem.—To assert, affirm, insist, protest, maintain, contend: hoc contra Hortensium: hoc ex contrario: contendam, eum damnari oportere: audebo hoc contendere, numquam esse, etc.: illud nihil nos... scientes fuisse, L.: quae contendere possis Facta manu, you might swear, O.

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