CONTEST Copy link • CONTEST 1. v. impugnare: oppugnare (to attack an opinion): aliquid in controversiam vocare, adducere, or perducere (to call it into controversy). To contest a point with anybody, contendere cum aliquo de aliqua re: to contest every thing, contra omnia disserere: to contest anybody’s opinion, alicujus opinioni repugnare: to be contested, in contentionem venire; in controversiam vocari, adduci, deduci; in disceptationem vocari. [Vid. Vie with]. 2. s. With weapons [Vid: COMBAT]. With words, [Vid. DISPUTE, CONTENTION]: to enter into a contest with anybody, certamen cum aliquo instituere: a contest arises, oritur certamen or controversia: to engage in a contest in certamen descendere, with anybody, cum aliquo: to be involved in a contest with, etc., venire in certamen cum aliquo. I have a contest with anybody, est mihi certamen or certatio or contentio or controversia cum aliquo: habeo contentionem or aliquid contentionis cum aliquo: habeo controversiam cum aliquo (general term). They are engaged in a contest with each other respecting some property, est inter eos de possessione contentio. I have a contest with anybody about anything, est mihi controversia alicujus rei cum aliquo: habeo controversiam cum aliquo de aliqua re: litigo cum aliquo de aliqua re: to terminate a contest (by an arrangement, etc.), controversiam componere or dirimere or sedare: the interference of the consuls put an end to the contest, intercursu consulum rixa sedata est: to decide a contest, dijudicare controversiam. IMPROP., certatio (e.g. virtutis cum voluptate): there can be no contest between the useful and the good, utilia cum honestis pugnare non possunt: a contest against lust is no easy matter, cupiditatibus resistere difficile est: the contest of the elements, pugna rerum naturae secum.